Coffee Project implementation: Meeting on survey reports of Pyin Oo Lwin Coffee Project

A coordination meeting to review the field sur­vey reports of the Pyin Oo Lwin Coffee Project implementation was held at the Minis­try of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.

At the meeting, Union Minister for Agricul­ture, Livestock and Irrigation U Tin Htut Oo discussed that the implementations have been made to develop Myanmar’s commercial coffee production in the region and expand the coffee cultivation, naturally grown in the shade, not only for economic profit but also for conservation of the environment as well as climate change around the Py­in Oo Lwin area since 2002.

He also stressed that the private entrepreneurs who have acquired agricultural lands need to cooperate with the departments concerned as per the principles and rules set by relevant departments when implementing the Project.

Union Minister for Natural Resources and Envi­ronmental Conservation U Khin Maung Yi underlined that coffee growers in the forest area of Pyin Oo Lwin Coffee Project will be monitored to follow the policy and rules of the Minis­try.

It is necessary to cooperate with related ministries and the Mandalay region government for the successful implementa­tion of the Project according to the results of field survey teams.

Afterwards, the participants discussed the work completion and field surveys in their relat­ed sectors, over-using of speci­fied roads and buildings on the permitted lands for coffee culti­vation and cultivation of other crops and non-coffee cultivation lands to be managed under the law.