Conclusion
How can we best characterize agricultural policies in Myanmar after 1988 In the light of the narrow technical definition of the concept of an agricultural exploitation policy(that is, a policy that absorbs the surplus from agriculture and uses it as a base for economic development through industrialization), it would be inappropriate to state that an agricultural exploitation policy has been pursued , even after 1988. Rather, if it is examined dispassionate, the genuine policy objective of the government seems to consist of the following two elements: avoidance of social unrest and sustenance of the regime.
These two main objectives have required agricultural policy to accord with following two subordinate aims. one aim is to stabilize prices at a low level for the commodities that are indispensable for the people's diet. The other is to sustain state enterprises in an agro-processing sector which depends for its raw materials on domestically produced agricultural commodities .