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Book (stand-alone)Good agricultural practices (GAP)
Green gram (Vigna radiata [L.] Wilczek)
2024Also available in:
Myanmar ranks as the world's third-largest pulse producer, following Canada and India, cultivating crops like black gram, pigeon pea, chickpea, and green gram. Green gram constitutes a third of total pulse exports. To enhance productivity, quality, market competitiveness, and exports, Myanmar can leverage improved crop production technologies and adopt good agricultural practices (GAP). Small resource-poor farmers can readily adopt GAP's production standards, aligned with natural agroecosystems and Indigenous knowledge. Efficient management of limited resources depends on selecting quality, environmentally safe inputs. Green gram's success for quality and safe production existing adoption and achievements in the Central Dry Zone (CDZ) regions. In view of increased consumer awareness, ensuring food safety, quality, efficiency, and conservation becomes crucial. Strengthening farmers through organization and project-guided marketing is essential for sustained productivity and resource sustainability.Under the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations’ Global Agriculture and Food Security Climate Friendly Agribusiness Value Chain (FAO-GAFSP-CFAVC) Programme, GAP dissemination for five crops, including green gram, involves upgrading existing practices based on Myanmar’s GAP to ASEAN's GAP standards. The upgraded GAP version focuses on food safety, quality, worker health, safety, and environmental management. Implementing GAP enhances food safety and quality while promoting ecological sustainability in rice–legumes based production systems.Identified gaps in knowledge, access, and efficiency of inputs and services for green gram were addressed through a comprehensive situational analysis, involving project collaboration with various stakeholders including market actors. Validation and contextualization were achieved through data research, stakeholder discussions, and insights from relevant stakeholders.The dissemination of GAP involves capacity building of the farmers and relevant stakeholders, pulse growers associations, public–private partners, and value chain actors. The framework focuses pre- and post-harvest practices for safe, quality green gram production tailored to small and medium farmers. Key messages promote easy agronomic management practices. GAP rollout includes farmer organization support, technical assistance, market linkages, and training, supplemented by on-farm demonstrations, farmer field schools, and Information and communications technology (ICT) tools.User-friendly integrated pest management (IPM) handbooks and farmer field school (FFS) curriculum complement the framework, aiding farmers' capacity building and supporting existing GAP initiatives. -
Book (stand-alone)Good agricultural practices (GAP)
Rice/Paddy (Oryza sativa)
2023Also available in:
Rice plays an important role in Myanmar's agricultural economy, livelihoods, and food security. The country possesses favourable conditions to enhance rice productivity, quality, and export opportunities across the value chain. Achieving this involves improving farm-level productivity, processing practices, and overall rice competitiveness. Effective strategies include adopting and expanding good agricultural practices (GAP) to enhance food safety and quality.Gaps in knowledge, access, and efficiency of inputs and services for rice were identified through a comprehensive GAP situational analysis. Validation was achieved through research, discussions with market actors and stakeholders as well as insights from FAO experts, and extensive data research.The objective of GAP dissemination involves a systematic, impact-oriented approach with stakeholder involvement. Context-specific information will be collected at the farmer's field. Capacity-building efforts involve lead farmer organizations, public–private partners, and value chain actors. The framework contains pre- and post-harvest practices tailored for small and medium farmers, supported by farmer organizations, sensitization, technical assistance, and market linkages. On-farm demonstrations, farmer field schools, training, and information and communications technology (ICT) tools supplement GAP promotion. User-friendly integrated pest management (IPM) handbooks and Farmer Field School (FFS) curricula complement the framework, guiding capacity-building efforts for farmers and GAP stakeholders to support and complement existing initiatives. -
Book (stand-alone)Good agricultural practices (GAP)
Chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.)
2023Also available in:
Chickpeas are vital for food security, nutrition, and farmer income in Myanmar's Central Dry Zone (CDZ), ranking second in South Asia after India. Collaborative research efforts of the Department of Agriculture Reform and the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (DAR-ICRISAT) have contributed to an eightfold increase in crop yield due to the introduction of more efficient varieties of chickpea in the country. Good agricultural practices (GAP) and value chain promotion of chickpea have significant potential which can further boost productivity and increase exports. The upgraded GAP standards of chickpea are inclusive of food safety, produce quality, worker health and safety, and environmental management aspects, as they were developed in a context-specific and participatory manner encompassing validation from farmers about the existing constraints in application of GAP.Dissemination and improved application of chickpea GAP is planned to be achieved through a comprehensive capacity-building programme of chickpea smallholder farmers, public–private partners, and value chain actors, at pre- and post-harvest levels. Strengthening lead farmers and crop producers’ organizations through technical support, improved demonstration and market linkages will leverage the objectives of GAP adoption and upscaling in the target regions. On-farm demonstrations, farmer field schools (FFS), training, and information and communications technology (ICT) tools will supplement GAP promotional interventions. User-friendly integrated pest management (IPM) handbooks and FFS curricula support farmers and existing GAP initiatives will foster the approach of climate-smart good agricultural practices at farmers' field level and will ensure the sustainability of farmers' income through increased productivity, product market competence and produce quality.
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