With export revenues having only increased by around US$2 billion over the past five years, Myanmar is aiming to boost its exports in the next five years by adding new sectors to its National Export Strategy (NES). Gems and jewellery, the digital economy, fruits and vegetables, agricultural product-based food products and industrial art products have […]
Study backs benefits of small-scale commercial aquaculture
September 11, 2018 by
The true value of small-scale commercial aquaculture as a means of generating rural development and reducing poverty has been revealed in a new academic study. The study, Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy, looks at how aquaculture can impact rural development in Myanmar. As author Dr Ben […]
MFF official highlights govt cooperation for fishery development in China-Myanmar corridor
July 16, 2018 by
The government and private sector need to cooperate to enable Myanmar’s fishery sector to acceess opportunities in China-Myanmar economic corridor project, said Win Kyaing, general secretary of Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF). “In the fishery sector, it is no longer possible to extend catching fish naturally. But we can extend fish farming. We will try for […]
Yangon chief ministers lay outs plan to improve fish farming
March 20, 2018 by
The government will cooperate with Myanmar Fisheries Federation (MFF) in reforming the current fish farming system in fishery sector, said Yangon Region chief minister Phyo Min Thein. He blamed little profit for results from conventional farming and called for better services in transporting fishery products through cold storage factories. The chief minister said the government […]
Workshop on potential for sea bass success
February 9, 2016 by
As demand for seafood continues to rise regionally and worldwide, Myanmar has a good chance to develop its aquaculture industry in a sustainable and a profitable way, by investing more into alternative fish species including seabass, a recent workshop heard. The US Soybean Export Council (USSEC) said at the workshop that Myanmar had a good […]
