Cultivation of sesame succeeds in Myothit

Local people in Phayagyi ward, Myothit township, Magway region are growing the black sesame the whole year using underground water. Their cultivation has succeeded.
The people are ploughing their fields systematically even though it has not yet rained. The black sesame seeds started to be grown on 24 April. After having the nursery plants, the plants are transplanted in one acre of farmland and irrigated with water spraying through a pipe sprinkler system.
The sesame plants could yield after 100 days of cultivation, said U Kyaw Soe, a sesame grower.
Myanmar exports the sesame to China mainly via the border route. Sesame is cultivated in the country throughout the year. Myanmar especially grows white sesame, brown sesame and black sesame and exports them. — Myint Myint Htway (IPRD)/GNLM