Lt-Gen Ye Myint meets Mandalay Division Agricultural Supervisory Committee

YANGON, 25 March - Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint met with members of Mandalay Division Agricultural Supervisory Committee and officials at Central Command in Mandalay on 22 March.

lso present were Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint, Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Nay Win, Secretary of Division PDC Lt-Col Kyi Thein and officials.

The division manager of Myanma Agriculture Service reported to the meeting on cultivation of monsoon and summer paddy, long-staple cotton, sugarcane, beans and pulses, oil crops, maize and kitchen crops in the division, cultivation projects and accomplishments.

Officials of Irrigation Department and Water Resources Utilization Department explained water inflow at dams, maintenance of main canal and tributary canals, water supply, targeted acres of land to be irrigated by water pumping stations and planned acreage and actual sown acreage. Officials of the respective departments also presented reports on rain fall, plans and accomplishments sector wise.
Commander Maj-Gen Ye Myint gave a supplementary report.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint said that efforts should be made to ensure regional rice sufficiency, extend paddy cultivation, raise per acre yield, reduce cultivation cost, and keep records systematically, Means should be sought to raise per acres yield. Field tours should be made down to the grassroots to extend sown acreage. The committee members and officials of the related departments will have to find means to remedy the weaknesses for cent per cent realization of the projects.