Food and Agriculture Organisation

Fresh milk producers face competition from imported condensed milk

February 26, 2019 by Thiha

The Myanmar dairy industry has been growing over the past few years as access to electricity, which is essential for the development of the sector, improves, U Khin Maung Win, chair Myanmar Livestock Federation, told The Myanmar Times. “We started selling milk in 2006 and demand has not stopped growing since then. More and more […]

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Myanmar tackles food safety in bid to boost agricultural exports

November 26, 2017 by Thiha

MYANMAR plans to improve food safety in a bid to boost agricultural exports and extract more value from a sector that accounts for 38 per cent of the country’s gross domestic product. Ye Tint Tun, director general of the Department of Agriculture, said exports of agricultural products made up 23 per cent of Myanmar’s export […]

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Myanmar coffee set for sale in America

May 18, 2016 by Thiha

MYANMAR Special Arabica coffee cultivated in townships of Shan State and Pyin-Oo-Lwin in Mandalay Region will be first exported to America, according to the Myanmar Coffee Association (MCA). In April, a container load of coffee was exported to Switzerland, allowing the exporters to earn US$ 3,800-4,000 per tonne. Winrock International helped Myanmar coffee to meet […]