Settlement and Land Records Department (SLRD)
Settlement and Land Records Department (SLRD) is sole government department taking highest responsibility for collecting, compiling and disseminating agricultural statistics, particularly for production statistics, such as planted area, harvested area, yield and production of crops, in Myanmar.
In addition the Settlement and Land Records Department under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is taking responsibility not only for the crops statistics but also for the statistics on the land use and land management. In order to get the complete and reliable statistics, SLRD always keep the close relation and collaboration with the relevant departments and ministries.
Another important task of SLRD is conducting agricultural censuses. Since Myanmar gained its independence in 1948, three agricultural censuses ( 1952, 1993 and 2003) have been conducted by the SLRD and now preparing to conduct 2010 agricultural census.