A workshop on development of Agricture in Mandalay Region

A workshop for those who are related to Agriculture sector organized by Education Development Spectrum Organization, sponsored by USAID, was held in the meeting room of Mandalay Region Agriculture Department in Chanmyathaze Township in Mandalay on 8 and 9 November.

Present at the workshop were member of Mandalay Region Government and Regional Minister for Agriculture, Live stock and Irrigation Dr. Soe Than, Heads from Agriculture Departments of Districts and Townships in Mandalay Region,   In-Charges of Agriculture Cooperatives and Model Plantations.

At the event,  Regional Minister Dr. Soe Than gave an opening speech.

Dr. Suresh Babu of the International Food Research Centre talked about the role of regional governments in making policy for development of agricultural sector and implementing measure to develop strategy of agriculture. The head of  Regional Agriculture Department gave a talk on agriculture industries in Mandalay Region. And a member of Education Development Spectrum Organization submitted the finding of crisis in agricultural sector and held discussion on it in groups. On 9 November, They discussed the problems of agricultural sector and chose priority ways to solve the crisis and approved them. Thi Ko Ko (Mandalay)