Recommendations
The economy of Myanmar is still predominantly agricultural. Agriculture accounts for
nearly 40% of GDP, and provides employment to about 65% of the total workforce. The
agricultural sector, besides meeting domestic food requirement, it also produces a
sizeable surplus for export. The recent incrase in paddy production has been achieved
mainly through higher yields rather than expanded acreage. The current drive of the
government is to ensure self-sufficiency in food-production, guarantee raw materials
for local agri-based manufacturing industries, and if possible, to increase the export
volume of agricultural produce.
Rakhine State is one among the major rice prodcuing regions of the country. The resource
endowment of this statefavours the cultivation of paddy.
The 1993 census of agricultural collected information on agricultural holdings and on
selected agricultural activities. Efforts were needed to collect additional information
on
(1) Cost of cultivation and Production and
(2) Farm Income and Expenditure.
The information on farm income and cost of cultivation would prove extremely useful in
drafting and implementing agricultural development programmes.
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