String bean growers earn daily income in Kyaukse

The growers of the string bean, also known as the long bean, earn daily income in Kyaukse township, Mandalay region.
The growers from Kyaukse township are cultivating paddy, peanut, sesame, sunflower, black bean, onion, green gram, chilli, banana and cotton. They also grow various flowers and vegetables next to the river, creek and on farmlands.
The long bean is a crop that does not require much workforce regarding the growing of string beans. But the growers need to take care of the long bean daily because it is a favourite plant of leaf beetles and pods. If it is necessary, the growers should spray the pesticide. The long bean cultivation also requires irrigation water.
“The long bean is a vegetable harvested every other day and sold back in the market. The price of long beans varies every single day. Now, the bean fetches K800 per viss. The long bean traders are demanding daily the long beans from the growers. This is the reason why the growers from Kyaukse township are growing the long bean on a manageable scale,” said Daw Aye Yu San, a local long bean grower from Tada Lae village.
The cultivation of two packs of long bean seeds costs K6,000.  It could start to harvest after two months of cultivation. In the harvesting season, it can yield over 30 visses of long beans. The bamboo poles that are used in the growing of long beans can be used for up to four years once purchased.
The long bean is a necessary crop for the housewives and the Myanmar noodle soup (locally called Moat Hin Khar) sellers. So, the local growers are happy, making a profit by selling the long beans. — Thet Maung (Kyaukse)/GNLM