The Pyu Creek dam distributes water to Aung Naing Toe, Hnankauk and summer paddy in Lu Nge Arr Marn field in Pyu township of Bago Region through the right channel.
The paddy varieties include Sinthukha, 90-day, Hnankauk, Yadana Toe, Vietnam, Pawsan-1 and Aung Naing Toe, and the Department of Cooperative has also conducted trial cultivation during this summer season, planting 60 acres of Hnankauk and 40 acres of Aung Naing Toe in the Lu Nge Arr Marn field.
“ We conducted trial cultivation of Aung Naing Toe and Hnankauk varieties in the Lu Nge Arr Marn field this summer under the guidance of the Union minister. Since these are high-yield varieties, we planted 40 acres of Aung Naing Toe and 60 acres of Hnankauk. This was made possible with funding from the State Economic Promotion Fund. As these varieties have short growing periods and high yields, we plan to expand cultivation next summer based on the results. Our target yield is 100 baskets per acre for monsoon paddy and 110 baskets per acre for summer paddy. The ability to cultivate like this is due to government support. The State Economic Promotion Fund benefits both cooperative members and farmers. With consistent irrigation, we expect to achieve good yields,” said Daw Htay Htay Myint, staff officer of the Pyu Township Cooperative Department.
In that field, during the monsoon season, 700 acres were cultivated with rice varieties including Aung Naing Toe, Hnankauk, Sinthukha, 90-day, and 120-day, with 400 acres planted with Aung Naing Toe. In the coming monsoon season, Pawan-1 will be trially cultivated on more than 700 acres of monsoon paddy fields. This summer, the department planted 40 acres of Aung Naing Toe and 60 acres of Hnankauk, totalling 100 acres, and it will expand high-yield varieties in the summer paddy season if the target is achieved.
“We supply water from Pyu Creek dam to the field of the Department of Cooperative through the right channel. In addition to theLu Nge Arr Marnfield, we also distribute water to the summer paddy fields of farmers. We will do so until the last week of June. We are also satisfied with the improvement of agriculture through departmental cooperation,” said U Thura Soe, staff officer of the Pyu Creek Dam.
The Lu Nge Arr Marn field, located about eight miles from the Pyu Creek Dam, receives water from the Minor Canal 3 of the right channel of the dam. Irrigation water is being continuously supplied to both the trial summer paddy fields and about 18,000 acres of summer paddy fields across Pyu Township. — Thitsa (MNA)/KTZH
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