November
12, 2017
The
Department of Mechanized Farming, Ministry of Agriculture, livestock and
Irrigation has been harvesting in Maungtaw region the ripened monsoon paddy
which are now lacking ownership with the help of Union Government, State
Government, related departments and administrative organizations.
In 7 village
groups of Maungtaw such as Myothugyi, ondaw, Alethangyaw, Kyaungtaung, Kanphu,Nwayontaung
and Thandar rain rice paddies are reaped with the force of 32 machinery and it
is learnt from the Department of Mechanized Farming that estimated 1261.29
acres have been finished and attained 49000 baskets of paddy. This year the
paddy was grown over 70,000 acres in Maungtaw area.
News
team interviewed the responsible personnel of State Government and the
departments concerned who are taking care the harvesting of the rice paddy
without much wastage.
U
Kyaw Lwin
Rakhine
State Minister for Agriculture, Livestock, Forest and Mine
Question:
: How would you manage accepting the harvested paddy?
Answer:
: We are divided into groups. DMF is harvesting the rice paddy while the
Agricultural Department is collecting the rice paddy and then we will sell them
to the businessmen. The selling program has been already set during the
Maungtaw visit of State chief minister.
Q:
: Who will be included in the paddy-collecting team.
A:
: There are also 7 groups to collect the harvested grains. Agriculture Department,
Mechanized Farming Department and administrative and management teams are the
main organizations in the collecting groups. Besides, persons from local
administrative organization and other related departments will be consisted of.
Q:
: In which way the paddy of no ownership will be sold.
A:
: These are not ownerless paddy. These actually are ripened paddy without any
harvester. Therefore, we are harvesting using harvesters procured by Rakhine
State Government Fund and also by Union Government fund. Frankly speaking we
have some difficulties in storing the harvested paddy. Therefore the harvested
paddy will be sold and the earnings will be deposited at a bank opening an
account number. We are just helping by harvesting the ripe paddy which are
going to become overripe and damaged.
U
Khin Zaw Ohn (Department Manager)
Department
of Mechanized Farming
Q:
: With which departments are you cooperating in harvesting the paddy?
A:
: The ripe rice paddies are reaped by harvester and the harvested rice are
transported to the drying sites. The Agriculture Department collected the
harvested rice and dry them and store them. Settlement and Land Record
Department takes the detail statistics of the owner’s name and number of acres.
The Department of Agriculture advises on which field of paddy be given the
priority of harvesting depending on the ripeness of the rice grains.
Q:
: I would like to know the main intent of the harvesting the ownerless rice
paddy.
A:
: The rice paddies grown reach their mature stage and some fields show over
mature stage. They are going to be damaged. In some places rice were damaged.
Some fields were destroyed by strayed cows and buffaloes. We will harvest at
the most of our capacity in man power and machine power under the guidance of
Union Minister.
Q:
: Let us know the difficulties you have faced in harvesting the rice.
A:
: Untimely rain is a hindrance in harvesting process. The rice cannot be reaped
immediately after it becomes wet by rain. The harvesters cannot drive well on
the field wet with rain. So, it can’t be finished in time. Though a machine can
normally finish 5 acres, it cannot do it when the field is soaked by rain.
Q:
: What do you have anything to say more.
A:
: Here, workers are scarce. As a consequence the field cannot be reaped in time
and the ripe rice fall on ground as wastage. That is the loss for individual
owner and also for the country. That is why our department is helping in
harvesting as hard as possible.
U
Thein Wai
Township
Agriculture Department
Q:
: In harvesting the rice paddy how your department is cooperating?
A:
: Our department is taking part in drying the rice paddy under the sun in the
area where the spacious land is available like foot ball ground of Alethangyaw.
The dried rice are put in heap in the nearest suitable places. For the time
being rice paddies are still in the drying stage.
Q:
: At what time the rice should be reaped and at what condition rice grains can
encounter damaging?
A:
: Every year most of the rice fields have already been harvested in November.
The rice in this area are late growers and they are still in good condition to
be reaped. They can be reaped till December. During the time of terrorist
attack, paddy fields were destroyed by the cattle.
Q:
: In what way are you cooperating with?
A:
: We are transporting the rice paddy harvested by Department of Mechanized
Farming to the drying land. Then we managed to store the dried rice at the
nearest places. For the time being closed schools are managed to store the
dried rice paddy. The main place for storage now is Alethangyaw school.
Q:
: There are some damaged paddy fields. Why they are damaged?
A:
: We also find those damaged fields. The damage is due to late harvesting. They
could not be reaped in time when they are ripe. The heaps of rice are covered
by tarpaulin cloth as a measure of protecting from untimely rain. Bringing the
rice to the shelter in time is our priority.
U
Maung Maung Kyaw Win (head of department)
Land
Management and land Record Department
Q:
: How your department has cooperated in harvesting the ripe rice?
A:
: Our department has differentiated between rice paddy fields of ethnic people
and those of no harvester. After harvesting the statistics regarding production
amount of each field and number of field and the name of owner of respective
fields are treated by our department. We have. As we levied the tax regularly
we have the statistics who owns how much of the fields in the area.
Q:
: How do you record the damaged fields and the rice field which cannot be
reaped in time?
A:
: If we list the harvested rice field, we can know the remaining are damaged
and unable to be harvested.
Q:
: Have you harvested the rice fields of ethnic people?
A:
: Now we are prioritizing the fields of no harvester. We don’t harvest the rice
paddy fields which have their owners.
Phoe
Htaung
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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