enterprises. We believe that this is the most appropriate classification for analyzing the problems
encountered by crop production in Myanmar in the course of internationalization.
Specifically, the categories comprise the following: export crops (rice and pulses), crops for
import competition (oilseeds), crops for the domestic market (vegetables, fruits, meat and fishery
products), and crops for state-owned enterprises (sugarcane and cotton).2
The contents of the paper are as follows. Section 1 reviews the development of the agricultural
sector since 1988 in the context of trends in the national economy as a whole. Section 2 discusses
performance, and analyzes the factors that have determined performance for each of the major
agricultural products contained in the four main categories of crop production. By way of conclusion,
the nature of Myanmar’s agricultural policies and the agricultural developments that can be
attributed to these policies will be briefly summarized.