Peasants’ Day: SAC Chairman PM sends message on March 2

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Thadoe Maha Thray Sithu Thadoe Thiri Thudhamma Min Aung Hlaing sent a message to mark the Peasants’ Day falling on the 2nd of March.

Through his message, the Senior General extended greetings with the best wishes to all peasants who are main benefactors of the food security of the people and economy and development of the State to have physical and mental well-being with auspiciousness as well as enjoy greater development in agriculture and livestock farming processes for improvement of socioeconomic life.

He also stressed the four economic objectives: “To enhance development based on agriculture and livestock using modern production techniques and to strengthen all-round development in other sectors of the economy” and “To assure support for the sustainability of Micro-, Small- and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSME) that prioritize import substitution, export production, and the use of domestically produced raw materials, to increase domestic production and generate employment opportunities”. Myanmar is striving for extended cultivation of paddy which must have high quality and per-acre yield and increased exportation.

The sector of rice and rice products is very important in prioritizing export items in the national export strategic vision being implemented for boosting the export volume. The Myanmar sustainable and harmonious development plan (2018-2030) is under implementation to increase crop production to ensure food security and export a larger volume of products to foreign markets. To have a higher per-acre yield of paddy, the 100- acre monsoon model pilot project is being implemented in the 2022-2023 financial year through a systematic cultivation system.

A plan is being implemented to expand the cultivation of 1.5 million acres of sunflower in all parts of regions and states to increase the oil crop sector for ensuring local oil sufficiency. To contribute to agricultural charges of sunflower growers in the sunflower cultivation season, the government will arrange the provision of sunflower seeds and inputs in time with the use of K100.248 billion approved by the government.

Arrangements are being made to spend 230 billion Kyats from the State economic promotion fund on the cultivation of 850,000 acres of summer paddy and 500,000 acres of green gram in the 2022-2023 financial year.

The government is implementing 1,204 water supply projects and 111 solar-powered water pumping projects for 4,431 acres of oil crops in 29,294 villages, water supply projects in 14 towns, 43,707 solar home system-SHS projects and eight mini-grids in 15,063 villages, manufacturing road and bridge construction projects for 5,203 acres of oil crops and regular rural manufacturing road and bridge projects for 1.86 million acres of crops, construction of 72 rural houses, conducting of vocational courses for 676 times in the 2022-2023 financial year.

In his message, the Senior General also urged all to march towards the goals in joining hands for overcoming all challenges, hindrances and difficulties for the long term interests of all citizens including peasants across the Union.