State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing Inspects Taungdagon Oil Palm Cultivation Project in Bokpyin Township

State Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing inspected Taungdagon oil palm cultivation project in Bokpyin Township on 15 January and stressed the following points:

• The lack of actual cultivation on the cultivable lands cause much loss to the businesspersons wishing to actually carry out the cultivation and the State. Hence, relevant ministry needs to soonest scrutinize and report back the actual utilization of cultivable lands or not under the farmland policies and the farmland laws.
• Oil palm plantation can give cooking oil and other products. At present, oil palm cultivation businesspersons need to actually grow oil palm plants on the cultivable lands and produce palm oil meeting set standards.
• It is required to choose the quality strains of oil palm plants and the plantations must have fertile soil and sufficient water supply in the correct agricultural techniques for having high per-acre yield. Officials need to supervise the misuse of cultivable lands under the laws.
• Preparations must be made for regrowing the oil palm plants in proper process and emphasize the continuous production of saplings.
• Due to high consumption of edible oil in the country, a large volume of oil is imported on a yearly basis. In  2020- 2021 financial year, cooking oil worth more than US$-800 million spent by the State.
• According to the calculation of experts, individual person needs 1.58 ticals of oil per day and each person needs to  consume some six visses of oil per year. On the other hand, efforts are being made to reduce oil consumption and increase the oil production through cultivation with the aim of having individual healthy life and reducing the spending of foreign exchange for the State.
• In order to reduce the import volume of palm oil, the businesspersons engaging in production of palm oil need to strive for further production of oil.
• Oil palm plants must be grown on the designated cultivable acres to have higher peracre yield and all businesspersons need to strive for proper use of farmlands and cultivate oil palm plants cent percent in Kawthoung and Bokpyin regions.

The Senior General presented foodstuff for staff, viewed round the production of crude palm oil factory in the project area and attended to the needs of officials.

• Relevant ministry needs to soonest scrutinize and report back the actual utilization of cultivable lands or not under the farmland policies and the farmland laws.
• It is required to choose the quality strains of oil palm plants and the plantations must have fertile soil and sufficient water supply in the correct agricultural techniques for having high per-acre yield.
• Due to high consumption of edible oil in the country, a large volume of oil is imported on a yearly basis. In  2020- 2021 financial year, cooking oil worth more than US$-800 million spent by the State.
• According to the calculation of experts, individual person needs 1.58 ticals of oil per day and each person needs to  consume some six visses of oil per year. On the other hand, efforts are being made to reduce oil consumption and increase the oil production through cultivation with the aim of having individual healthy life and reducing the spending of foreign exchange for the State.