Coordination Meeting : Promoting rice exports and building national rice reserves

A coordination meeting on promoting rice exports and building national rice reserves was held at the Yangon Region Government Office on Wednesday.

Vice-President U Nyo Saw attended the meeting, and discussed the importance of increasing rice production, improving agricultural productivity and expanding overseas markets for Myanmar rice. He also stressed the need to maintain domestic rice price stability, ensure sufficient rice supplies and systematically register rice warehouses through the Myanmar Rice Online system.

He called for closer cooperation between the government and private sector to maintain adequate annual rice reserves for domestic consumption, emergency assistance to disaster-affected areas and potential climate-related challenges, including the impact of a possible Super El Niño.

Attendees provided updates on rice market conditions, reserve stocks, rice and broken rice exports, and support for disaster-affected communities. After the meeting, Vice-President U Nyo Saw visited export-oriented reserve rice warehouses in Shwepyitha and Hlaingthaya townships to inspect rice storage conditions and gave necessary instructions.