and Marketing Cooperative. The disease-free
plantlets are supplied at a minimal fee, to
encourage members to plant them. Within the
last decade, rapid industrialization and the
aging of the rural population has caused a
considerable shortage of farm labor, and a
rapid increase in farm wages. Hence, there is
constant pressure on the micropropagation
system to become more efficient, in order to
counterbalance the rapid increase in production
costs. Recent improvements made in the
micropropagation technique are shown below.