Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will lower the fees it charges for providing farming services as part of its action plan for the first 100 days under the new government

19 พฤษภาคม 2559 The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation will lower the fees it charges for providing farming services as part of its action plan for the first 100 days under the new government. The ministry’s mechanisation department provides services such as harrowing, ploughing, harvesting and threshing using state-owned machines and state-paid drivers. While it used to cost K7500 per acre to harrow land, the mechanisation department has reduced that rate to K6500 per acre. Fees for plowing are likewise lower, down from K15,000 per acre to K13,000 per acre, while the service costs for harvesting and threshing have come down from K40,000 per acre to K35,000 per acre. The new price regime applies not only to current paddy crops but to future monsoon paddy crop, according to ministry information officer U Aung Moe. The mechanisation department has supported machine services for agriculture every season across Myanmar’s states and regions. “Our field in Pyinmana really needs it,” said Pyinmana township farmer KoMyo Lin Aung, adding farmers don’t own enough machines to work their fields at harvesting time. “It is really convenient that prices are reduced,” he said. The department owns over 10,000 vehicle machines for agriculture. Reference: http://www.mmtimes.com/index.php/business/20366-agriculture-ministry-lowers-machine-fees.html