Burma (Myanmar) - Priorities

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Priorities

If the current international situation changed to allow an increase in future collaboration, it would likely be in some of the following areas:

• further collaboration for improvement in the productivity of pulse (grain legume) and oilseed crops in semi-arid areas; these crops are important for year-round food security and nutrition and provide important cash income for small farmers
• combating poverty by enhancing the productivity of rice-based systems, particularly in areas affected by drought, aline inundation and poor soils
• enabling strategies for improving the supply of good quality rice and legume seeds, and providing options for increasing cropping intensity
• integrated coastal and inland aquaculture production and management of aquatic resources to sustain livelihoods and maintain fish supplies for communities
• development of a new cohort of researchers and managers with international postgraduate and shortcourse training in agriculture.