Abstract
Rice is the predominant crop in Burma's agriculture as indicated by the cultivated land to various crops: 56% to cereals (rice 50.19, wheat, maize, and other cereals), 20.83% to oil crops (groundnuts, sesame, sunflower etc.), 8.41% to peas and beans, 4.69% to industrial crops (cotton, jute, sugarcane, rubber, tobacco), 2.26% to vegetables (potato, tomato etc.), and 3.69% to platation crops (tea, coffee, etc.) .
Agricultural products amount to 60% of total exports in value, whilst forest products amount to 22%. The government of Burma has been promoting agricultural development with financial and technical assistance of foreign countries and international institutions since 1980. Especially emphasized in the development of large scale land improvement projects including the construction of irrigation and drainage facilities and flood protection works.
The gross national product per capita of US 78 in 1970 had increased to US 170 by 1983 and it is expected that agricultural development will continue to contribute to this high rate of economic development.
The analysis of present situation of Burma's agriculture is based on data collected and a reconnaissance survey in 1983.
