Rain-fed Corn Harvested in Mongnai Township, Yielding 130 Baskets per Acre

Mongnai, 16 September

Harvesting of rain-fed corn was conducted yesterday afternoon on the farmland of U Sai Kyaw Myint in Naungkham Village, Mongnai Township, Shan State (South).

Officials from the Township General Administration Department, the Department of Agriculture, and the Land Records Department took part in the activity. A sample harvest was carried out on 0.10 acres of cornfield, which yielded an average of 130 baskets per acre.

According to an official from the Township Department of Agriculture, a total of 27,810 acres of corn were cultivated during this rainy season in Mongnai Township, including areas in Kyaingdaung Town.— Myo Nyunt Shwe (Mongnai)

Translated by JT