In Myanmar, the agricultural sector accounts for some 38% of the country\u2019s gross domestic product (GDP), but yields are low due to farmers being cut-off from modern technology under the previous regime for decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Compared to other rice-yielding nations in the region, rice paddy generation is also low in Myanmar at 23kg a day as opposed to Cambodia (62kg), Vietnam (429kg), and Thailand (547kg) respectively,\u00a0as per data from The World Bank.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The upside is the country today has a smartphone penetration rate of 80%,\u00a0out of which 41% are connected to the internet as of January 2020.\u00a0Additionally, Myanmar \u2014 which has a population of 55 million \u2014 has 68.24 million mobile connections as of the start of the year, which is equivalent to 126% of the total population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As a country of growers, the agricultural sector employs 70% of its labor force and generates 25% to 30% of total export earnings, according to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Myanmar has a huge land area and a wide variety of growing conditions. It has more than 65 million hectares of terra firma, among the highest in Southeast Asia. But, only about 20% of its land area (12.6 million hectares) is actually used for agriculture.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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