5) Emulation and Competition: farmers are encouraged to emulate each other and to compete for high yield production. The government rewards the farmers who produce the highest paddy yield about 100 baskets/acre (12,000 kg/hectare). Likewise, the MAS reward the staff who make a significant contribution to the implementation of the program.
The Selective Concentrative Strategy approach is also utilized to improve the production of other crops. During 1980, the whole township high yielding varieties special programs were launched for maize, groundnut, sunflower, cotton, wheat, sorghum, jute, potato and pulses. These programs have already produced significant yield increases in cotton, maize, wheat, groundnut and sugarcane and the average yields were two to three times the national figures. The Selective Concentrative Strategy approach was put into effect for the program and was found to perform well under the Myanmar conditions.