Myanmar: A new local product, Myitkyina avocado, is grown for export to the Chinese market

A new local product has been grown in Myitkyina Township for the past six years, just days away from the Chinese border at Kanpaikti. These are avocado plants grown in local gardens. At this time of flowering in the 2022 avocado season, more and more avocado plants are in full bloom. So avocado growers are hoping for better yields. Aung Shwe, the owner of a 20-mile garden in Myitkyina, explained the situation of avocado production in Myitkyina Township. "I have only two varieties, Hass and Bucaneea. The biggest one was last year in Berkeley. Hass, he's a little bit smaller. It bears about half of it. The yield was only 10 last year. Only last year, a good one, a thousand. It has about two thousand fruits. I had to eat a little last year. Many plants have blossomed this year. "I think we will get a little bit more this year." In Myitkyina Township, many perennial crops are being grown for export to the Chinese market. In order to obtain marketable and pure varieties of agricultural ...