Current situation of banana RandD in Myanmar

• Chapter Authors : Tun, A.


• Document type : Conference paper


• Year of publication : 2005


• Conference : 3rd BAPNET Steering Committee Meeting, Guangzhou (CHN), 2004/11/23-26


• Book title : Advancing banana and plantain RandD in Asia and the Pacific


• Editors : Molina, A.B.; Xu, L.B.; Roa, V.N.; Van den Bergh, I.; Borromeo, K.H.


• Publisher(s) : INIBAP-ASPNET


• Place of publication : Los Baños (PHL)


• Pages : 97-102


• Language(s) : English


• Abstract : Myanmar is located between 9° 59' and 28° 31' N latitude and 92°10' and 101° 09' E longitude. The total area is 670 720 km2 or 67 658 M ha of which about 9.67 M ha (14 percent) is currently cultivated. The agriculture sector is the most important as it contributes 35 percent of export earnings. Myanmar is home to several species of plants because of different agroecological zones. Among them, more than a hundred horticultural crops are grown in the various climatic conditions such as tropical and subtropical. From 2001 to 2002, the cultivated area for horticultural crops was more than 1 M ha. The horticultural crops rank fifth in the agriculture sector. Therefore, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation endeavours to boost the production of these crops through area expansion, introduction of improved varieties, technology transfer and market information to the growers.


• Keywords : PEST CONTROL; DISEASE CONTROL; RESEARCH; VARIETIES; PROCESSING; PLANT INTRODUCTION; BIODIVERSITY; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS; INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES; MYANMAR


• Open access : Yes


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• Musalit document ID : IN060551

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