A-Z of SITE Assessment for Plantations Myanmar.

“Soil Assessment & Agronomic Specificities to Raise Yield"

13^th March 2013 * Yangon

9.00 am – 5.00 pm

PROGRAM AGENDA

[] How to assess and evaluate site conditions in Myanmar?

[] How to choose the suitable crops (rubber, oil palm, cassava, etc.) in term of soils and climates?

[] How to establish the plantation appropriately?

- Training & Development – localization of staffing

- Sourcing of right planting materials – both quality and availability

- Challenges of costing

- Infrastructure development within plantation including irrigation

- Introduction of mechanization from land development to planting to harvesting

[] How to use the best agronomic practices?

– Evaluate the soils & climate assessment for crops suitability in specific agro-ecological zones) in Myanmar and other parts of region

- Landscape consideration (flat or slope),

- Irrigation, infrastructure

[] How many agro-ecological zones in Myanmar?

- What are the challenging and opportunities in large scale plantations?

- Lessons learn from other regions? How can farm productivity be improved?

- Technical issues on planting crops rather than economic or political issues.

- Crop production , protection and natural resource conservation approaches

- Minimum / zero tillage

- Crop protection and natural resource conservation approaches

- Developments in farming implements