Myanmar to hold fruits, vegetable exhibition in second largest city

Myanmar to hold fruits, vegetable exhibition in second largest city
www.chinaview.cn 2009-02-10 18:59:53

YANGON, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- Myanmar will hold a fruit and vegetable exhibition in the second largest city of Mandalay on Thursday, exhibition sources from Mandalay said on Tuesday.

The sixth exhibition, taking place at the Kandawgyi garden, involves contests of flowers, orchids, vegetable and fruits as well as flower and leave decoration.

Myanmar has been placing emphasis on production of high-yield fruits and vegetables to boost export, taking advantage of the country's fair climatic conditions and geographic superiority.

The expanded production of quality fruits and vegetables will not only satisfy domestic demand but also generate foreign exchange earnings, thereby contributing to enhancing the socio-economic life of the entire people, agricultural experts said.

There are 100 kinds of kitchen crops including over 70 kinds of fruits produced by Myanmar along with vegetables.

Sown areas of fruit trees have reached 729,000 hectares in Myanmar, while that of vegetable 405,000 hectares and that of kitchen crops such as chilli, onion and potato 263,250 hectares, official report said.

Myanmar is also rich with other tropical fruit resources such as banana, strawberry, durian, mangosteen, papaya, coconut and so on.

Myanmar's fruit export to neighboring countries through border trade in 2008 amounted to 120,000 tons, up from 2007, according to local report.

Of Myanmar's neighboring countries, China imported Myanmar fruits most compared with others such as Thailand and India.

Tropical fruits such as pine-apple, musk melon, pomelo, avocadopear, asparagus and chilli are mainly exported by Myanmar.