Kotangon and Laban villages in Myanmar have benefited from cultivating sugarcane instead of farming

Kachin State In the eastern part of the Irrawaddy River near the Myitsone confluence in Myitkyina, sugarcane is being grown more than low-yield upland crops. They buy and grow 774 varieties of sugarcane from Namti, which are green and marketable. စ ပား၊ Long beans Pumpkin Upland crops such as pineapple are being reduced to subsistence and sugarcane is being grown more. Waingmaw Township Kotangon from Labang village explains the situation of sugarcane cultivation. "What do you call this sugarcane cultivation more beneficial than farming?" Currently, if you plant sugarcane in one acre, you have to earn more than ten lakhs. If you farm, you have to earn 200,000 kyats. 3 lakhs. There is no point in running out. "Sugarcane cultivation is good for the family." Sugarcane was planted in April near Labang village and harvested in March of the following year. Most sugarcane from Waingmaw Township is exported to the Myitkyina market on the other side of the Irrawaddy River. The Myitkyina ...