CNI News
8 October 2023
Increasing the production of agricultural and livestock products is the first priority, said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, chairman of the State Administration Council.
He said the above after seeing the implementation of Thilawa Multi-Purpose Farming Zone on 7 October 2023.
"After calculating daily consumption of meat and fish of the population in Yangon Region, livestock products have to be produced in order to meet the demand and in relation to breeding egg laying hen and duck, after calculating the number of eggs and laying period, a batch breeding system must be used to ensure that there is no shortage of eggs." said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
It was necessary to calculate and perform to make other animal breeding sustainable. Moreover, it was also necessary to breed beef cattle successfully. And then research on farm cattle, crossbred cattle and local cattle should be done and it was necessary to obtain cattle breeds with good yield of beef.
Besides, continuous extraction of cattle fodder in growing cattle fodder, systematic harvesting and use of cow dung as fertilizer were needed, he said.
Agricultural and livestock industries must be carried out not only by traditional methods but also modern methods, and officials concerned must manage to obtain inputs required sufficiently, said chairman of the SAC.
It was necessary to solve the labor shortage problem by machines. And fertilizer required has bee allowed to import from abroad so as not to make the yield decline because of insufficient fertilizer.
Besides, if farmers could plant more than twice a year, their income could increase, he added.
" Increasing production of agricultural and livestock products is the first priority. Roads and transportation are fast and smooth in Yangon Region which is in a situation that agricultural and livestock industries can be performed successfully. The main requirement is to work really and the government must create situations that people can work." said Sr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing.
Although Myanmar is an agricultural country, due to political crisis that arose after 1 February 2021, armed conflicts have broken out across the country and they are damaging agricultural and livestock industries.
Because many youths have gone abroad for work due to the armed conflicts, the workers for agricultural industry have been scarce. Moreover, because inputs have been expensive, agricultural industry has been weak.
