A total of 267,078 acres of summer paddy were cultivated in Yangon Region during the summer paddy season. As of the second week of May, over 190,000 acres have already been harvested, and the harvesting process is expected to be completed by the end of May, according to the regional Agriculture Department.

The region is estimated to plant 250,896 acres of summer paddy in 2025, and it has already cultivated 267,078 acres, and expanded 16,182 acres than the previous year. The harvesting processes are in progress in respective townships, and this year per-acre yield is 93.4 baskets.

“As we receive adequate water, we can grow more summer paddy than last year. The department also cooperates with the farmers to provide techniques, and so the production rate becomes higher. Although we used a manual system in the past, we now use machinery, and so the plantation fields and the incomes of the farmers are on the rise. The average production rate is over 90 baskets per acre, but some produce over 100 baskets. In May, we will harvest all the summer paddy. After the summer paddy, we will keep cultivating the monsoon paddy. The rice sufficiency rate has been increasing year by year, ensuring food security, and we are grateful to the farmers for their continued efforts and cooperation in making this possible,” said Daw Hla Kyi, assistant director of the department.

The regional government provided 8,000 drum seeders in the townships, and it expanded to 85,726 acres in 2024 and 106,242 acres in 2025 under the seeder system. The summer paddy is grown in eight districts, and the Twantay district produced the highest amount of summer paddy.

The department provides the needed assistance to plant the monsoon paddy in the region, and the remaining harvesting processes for Sin Thukha, 90-day, Thee Htet Yin, GW-11, Vietnam, glutinous rice and other short-term paddy will be completed this month.

Nyein Thu (MNA)/KTZH

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