President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Min Aung Hlaing, accompanied by officials, inspected seeds of crops produced by the Pulse Crops Research Section under the Agricultural Research Department of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation on the Yezin University Campus in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning.
Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation U Min Naung and officials reported to the President on the production of seeds of pulse species, sunflower species and crops through the research works by the section.
In response, the President delivered a speech, saying that the country is currently exporting various types of pulses to international markets, including green gram, black gram, pigeon pea, chickpea, cowpea, and soybean, which meet market-quality standards.
He noted that it is necessary to continuously carry out quality control and improvement of these pulses, as well as ongoing research and production efforts to enhance their value to further strengthen market access.
He underlined that as pulse crops are economically important commodities that generate income through both domestic consumption and export, efforts should be made to continuously research and develop high-yielding, disease-resistant, and market-demand varieties that are suitable for local conditions.
The President highlighted that in exporting crops abroad, efforts should be made to achieve higher sales volumes even with lower profit margins per unit.
He continued that although the various pulses currently being exported to foreign markets are of good quality, it is understood that there are still shortcomings when compared with pulses from other countries.
He stressed that it is important to systematically conduct research and develop crop varieties that are suitable for each respective region. It is also necessary to further expand the production of sunflower and sesame seeds.
The President gave guideline that when cultivated areas are expanded, seed production activities should be continuously conducted domestically through systematic research in order to meet the resulting seed demand. Research teams should be despatched to the regions with large cultivated areas but low yields so as to conduct research to seek solutions.
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