CONSTRAINTS AN OPPORTNITIES OF RICE-ASE FARMING SYSTEM IN THE AYEYARWAY ELTA A CASE OF PANTANAW TOWNSHIP, AYEYARWAY REGION, MYANMAR
Abstract
- Myanmars economy is predominantly based on agriculture. The study area is located in Ayeyarwady Delta, the rice bowl of Myanmar which produces most of the rice requirements of the country. This area is naturally provided with deltaic alluvial soil and abundant monsoon rainfall. Thus, rice-based farming system in the study area is the most important farming system covering about 40000 hectares. Rice in the study area has reached self-sufficiency for local consumption and surplus is being exported. However rice-based farming system faces a number of constraints at the farm level due to yearly flooding. Opportunities exist for one or more new rice cultivation techniques and varieties to be adopted in farming system. The objectives of this study are to present rice cultivation practices and farming system employed by the local farmers and to present the constraints encountered in their rice-based farming system and opportunities resulted from RBFS. Focus group discussion, in-depth interviews, and field observations are the key techniques for this research. Deep water field is the largest sown area with 57.92 percent of the total rice cultivated area in the township. The results show that constraints encountered in RBFS of study area is related to flooding. Opportunities can be also resulted for this farming system in future.
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Year
- 2018
Author
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Yi Yi Cho
Subject
- Geog Geol
Publisher
- Myanmar Academy of Arts and Science (MAAS)