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Myanmar plans to cultivate 15 mln acres of monsoon paddy in FY 2024-25

Yangon, Apr 23 (UNI) Myanmar plans to cultivate over 15 million acres of monsoon paddy in fiscal year 2024-25, with an increase of over 8,000 acres from the previous year, a Department of Agriculture official said on Tuesday.
Of the total, 700,000 acres will be cultivated with support from the state economic promotion fund, the official told Xinhua.
In the previous fiscal year, nearly 15 million acres of monsoon paddy were successfully cultivated. The monsoon paddy cultivation season in Myanmar typically runs from May to October.
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