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

Published 2022년 3월 10일

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Avocado cultivation has been ongoing in Myitkyina Township, Kachin State, near the Chinese border for the past six years. The township has seen an increase in the number of avocado plants in bloom during the 2022 season, raising hopes for higher yields. Aung Shwe, a farmer, reported a good harvest last year with 1,000 avocados and expects a larger yield this year. The state Department of Agriculture has urged farmers to use natural fertilizers and pesticides from agricultural by-products. So far, over 3,000 avocado trees have been planted in the region, with around 2,000 five-year-old trees being marketed in 2021.

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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 ...

Source: Greenwaymyanmar