Yangon’s Chief Minister stressed the importance of increasing the distribution and export of vegetables as part of the Region’s famed agriculture master plan at a meeting of the chamber of commerce.
Announced in early 2017,Yangon’s Chief Minister re-affirmed the master plan at a July 20 UMFCCI meeting alongside Vice President U Myint Swe before local business leaders and members of the press.
“Yangon’s industrial ports, international airport, and central geographic location, make it an ideal location for a centralized trade of produce,” Chief Minister U Phyo Min Thein, said, referencing the master plan’s intentions to build a centralized wholesale vegetable market.
The sale and trade of vegetables in Myanmar has long been inhibited by the lack of preservation technology demanded by long distance produce shipping. This facility will be equipped with state-of-the-art preservation units required for growth in the industry, he added.
There are currently two wholesale agriculture markets in Yangon, at Danyingone and Thirimingalar. Ministers and agricultural technocrats have chosen Danyingone for the location of the proposed central market because of its strategic location and proximity to free space.
The Danyingone market is under construction on an 80 acre plot including upgraded cooling storage facilities and a digital warehouse management system, U Phyo Min Thein noted.
U Phyo Min Thein further stressed the importance of diversifying vegetable cultivation. Yangon Region has approximately 1.2 million acres of cultivatable land, the majority of which grow only rice.
Additionally, the Yangon regional government will increase the agricultural productivity of the Nyaung Napin agriculture and livestock breeding zone by providing vocational training to cultivators and updated technology.
Source:Myanmar Business Today
