Ministry of Labour, Immigration and Population has primarily chosen Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawady, Kayin, and Mon for the elimination of child labour projects, according to the 3rd coordination meeting of the Myanmar National Committee on Child Labour Eradication. Thein Swe, Union Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population said: “The majority of regional developing countries usually use […]
MAPCO’s power plant and rice mills open in Ayeyawady
May 24, 2017 by
Mapco Golden Lace’s project in Ayeyawady. A 2.2-megawatt power plant and two rice mills opened in Kyaiklatt Township, Ayeyawady Region, on May 15. The Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation (Mapco) and six shareholders under the Golden Lace Company jointly operate the firms with a 55:45 ownership ratio. The Mapco Golden Lace has gained licences from the […]
Contract farming to begin in Ayeyawady, Bago, Yangon and Mandalay
May 12, 2017 by
Contract farming will begin on 60,000 acres in Ayeywady Region, and 30,000 acres each in Bago, Yangon and Mandalay totaling about 150,000 acres during the upcoming rainy season, said Ye Min Aung, general secretary of the Myanmar Rice Federation (MRF). Rice millers, rice merchants and rice companies can put forward contract farming planS to the […]
14,000 Tonnes of Wood Set for Tender
February 21, 2017 by
Subscribe to our tender alert mailing list Myanmar Timber Enterprise plans to call an open tender for about 14,280 tonnes of wood and timber, the tender committee said yesterday. The committee said timber and wood from Yangon, Sagaing, Mandalay, Ayeyawady, Bago, Tanintharyi regions and Shan, Kachin, and Rakhine states will be sold. The auction will […]
Eel cultivation experiment to sell larvae in February
February 6, 2017 by
The traditional catching of eels in Myanmar has resulted in a decline in the eel population, so eel hatcheries will be experimenting to locally produce the larvae of eels in Feb 2017, according to eel cultivators. The eel market will flourish if eels can be locally cultivated, making for a profitable venture considering the high […]
Construction of high-quality rice mills completed
January 20, 2017 by
In a bid to produce quality rice, high-quality rice mills were constructed in Kyaiklat, Ayeyawady Region and are now complete, said an official from Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corporation (MAPCO). The country’s top rice milling businesses will now be all in the same place, with this project’s Phase-1 slated to open in March. These mills are […]
