World Bank2014-03-142014-03-142014-02-28https://hdl.handle.net/10986/17278Improving agricultural productivity and promoting exports are top priorities for the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar. Given the centrality of rice to the rejuvenation of agriculture in Myanmar, the rice sector is of critical importance, especially rice exports. The government announced ambitious targets of 2 million metric tons (tons)2 of rice exports by 2014/15 and 4 million tons by 2019/20. Recent actual performance is falling short of these targets, but the opening of Myanmar's economy has already helped significantly increase rice exports. The rest of the report is organized as follows. Chapter two provides information on recent rice export developments in Myanmar. Chapter three presents the evolving export opportunities as well as challenges that must be overcome to capitalize on them. Chapter four describes the main constraints at various segments of the value chain and offers possible remedies. Chapter five discusses how rice policy should evolve to support modernization of the rice value chain. Chapter six offers conclusions and policy recommendations. Seven annexes provide further, more detailed information.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO IRRIGATIONAGRIBUSINESSAGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENTAGRICULTURAL ECONOMISTAGRICULTURAL EXTENSIONAGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICESAGRICULTURAL GROWTHAGRICULTURAL LANDAGRICULTURAL LAND AREAAGRICULTURAL OUTPUTAGRICULTURAL POLICYAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITYAGRICULTURAL RESEARCHAGRICULTURAL SECTORAGRICULTURAL TRADEAGRICULTUREANIMALSBANK LOANSBARSBEANSBILATERAL TRADEBIOMASSBREEDER SEEDBREWINGCLIMATECOMMERCIALIZATIONCOMPARATIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGECOMPETITIVENESSCOMPREHENSIVE STRATEGYCONSUMER DEMANDCONSUMERSCONTAINERSCOOKINGCROP DIVERSIFICATIONCROP YIELDSCROPPINGCROPPING INTENSITYCROPSCULTIVATIONCULTIVATION METHODSDEBTDRAINAGEDRAINAGE INFRASTRUCTUREDRY SEASONDRY SEASON CROPDRY SEASON HARVESTECOLOGICAL ZONESEXCHANGE RATESEXPORTSFAMILY FARMSFAOFARMFARM HOUSEHOLDSFARM INCOMEFARM IRRIGATIONFARM PRODUCTIONFARM PRODUCTIVITYFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFERTILIZERSFOOD CONSUMPTIONFOOD PREPARATIONFOOD PRODUCTSFOOD SECURITYFORECASTSGDPGRAINGRAIN PRICESGROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCTHARVEST PRACTICESHARVESTINGHARVESTSHOUSEHOLD FOODHOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITYHYBRIDSINDICAINTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTEIRRIIRRIGATION SYSTEMSLABOR PRODUCTIVITYLIVESTOCK PRODUCTIONLOGISTICAL SUPPORTMANGOMILLING INDUSTRYMONOPOLIESMULTIPLIER EFFECTMULTIPLIERSOWN SEEDPACKINGPADDYPADDY YIELDSPALM OILPEST MANAGEMENTPESTICIDESPLANTINGPLANTING PATTERNSPOPULATION GROWTHPRICE INCREASESPRICE VOLATILITYPRODUCEPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTIVITY GROWTHPROFIT MARGINSPULSESQUALITY SEEDRICERICE CROPRICE HUSKSRICE MILLINGRICE MILLSRICE PRICERICE PRICESRICE PRODUCTIONRICE RESEARCHRICE TRADERICE VARIETIESSEEDSEED INDUSTRYSEED MULTIPLICATIONSEED POLICYSEED PRODUCERSSEED VARIETIESSEEDSSNACK FOODSSPRINGTECHNICAL ASSISTANCETOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITYTRADE POLICYWATER STORAGEWEALTHWHOLESALE PRICESWINTER HARVESTWORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION10.1596/17278