Recommendations

The economy of Myanmar is still predominantly agricultural. Agriculture accounts for neraly 40% of GDP, and provides employment to about 65% of the total work-force. The agricultural sector, besides meeting domestic food requirement, it also produces a sizeable surplus for export. The recent increase 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 agro-based manufacturing industries, and if possible, to increase the export volume of agricultural produce.

Tanintharyi Division is one among the major industiral crops prodcuing regions of the country. The resource endowment of this division coupled with the literate soil and an equatorial like cilmate foavours plantation of rubber and oil palm(Elaersguinus).

The 1993 census of agriculture 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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