MoALI aims to expand sunflower plantations by 147,000 acres this winter

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation targets the planting of over three million acres of sunflower crops across the nation to meet domestic oil consumption. There were 1.08 million acres of sunflower plantations last year, and it will expand up to 14,700 acres this winter.
“We manage to plant over three million acres of edible oil crop, sunflower. We planted 1.08 million acres last year, and we will expand about 14,700 acres this year. We will arrange to expand the plantations gradually in the coming years, and we aim to meet three million acres in three years. The main operation is that we aim to meet three million acres of sunflower plantations after the water access project in double-crop plantation areas,” said Dr Ye Tint Tun, director-general of the Department of Agriculture.
“We work with the relevant department to fulfil the needs of sunflower growers. Therefore, we will expand 14,700 acres to reach 1.09 million acres this summer from 1.08 million acres. We will expand to 1.3 million to meet the three-million acres target in the coming years. Therefore, we work together with farmers and private entrepreneurs to facilitate the seed production industries and imports of sunflower seeds,” he added.
He also said, “We cooperate with the entrepreneurs to produce sunflower seeds locally in the coming years. We want to urge the farmers to receive good species, meet three million acres and focus on sunflower crops to cover the local oil security.”
It is estimated to plant 1.09 million acres of sunflower plantations in the monsoon and winter seasons in the 2024-2025 financial year and to get a total of 3.07 million acres in the monsoon and winter seasons in the 2027-2028 financial year. — Honey/KTZH