Abstract

• Twantay Township is located at the urban fringe area of Yangon City. Good accessibility and nearness to Yangon City is a locational advantage for vegetable cultivation in Twantay Township. Existing large agriculture land also supports vegetable cultivation and vegetables such as roselle, water cress, carrot, gourd, etc are extensively grown in the area. Seasonal changes in vegetable cultivation are found due to market demand, climatic favourability, etc. due to short growing period. Although chemical fertilizer use increase vegetable production, it has negative consequences on human health and environmental pollution. Local people also use natural and artificial fertilizers that give less negative impacts on human health and environment. The objectives of the paper are to explicit present vegetable cultivation of Twantay Township, to explore supporting factors on vegetable supply of the study area and to find out vegetable growers’ perception on input uses and market demand. Primary data on vegetable cultivation, vegetable supply and vegetable growers’ perception were mainly applied and situational analysis was also applied in presenting the paper.