Agriculture Plus Plus: growth strategy for Myanmar agriculture

Toshihiro Kudo, Kumagai Satoru and Ishido Hikari

No 421, IDE Discussion Papers from Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade Organization(JETRO)

Abstract: The development of agriculture is a main pillar of Myanmar’s growth strategies. It is natural for the Myanmar government to prioritize agriculture as a source of economic growth, since it accounted for 36% of GDP, employs a majority of labor force, and generates nearly 30% of exports as of 2010. Although the agricultural share in GDP and employment usually declines as an economy grows, it is not a sunset industry in Myanmar. Methods exist for increasing agriculture’s value added other than the growth of labor and land inputs. The key is to enhance three productivity measures: labor, land, and total productivity. We call this strategy "Agriculture Plus Plus."

Keywords: Myanmar; Agriculture; Agricultural development; Development policy; Agriculture Plus Plus; Senary Sector of Agriculture; Growth Strategy; Myanmar (Burma) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 O53 Q10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-06-01
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