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11th World Congress on
March 05-07, 2018 | Paris, France
Plant Biotechnology and Agriculture
Volume 6 Advances in Crop Science and Technology
ISSN: 2329-8863 Agri World 2018
March 05-07, 2018
Mapping and analyzing value chain of rice crop in Ayeyarwady region
Thuzar Linn and Broos Maenhout
Ghent University, Belgium
Statement of the Problem: In this paper, the value chain of rice crop in Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar is analyzed. The issues with
respect to the rice value chain are complex and multifaceted in this region. The challenge for Myanmar is thus to understand and,
more importantly, identify the constraints facing the marketing system and develop strategies to overcome these bottlenecks. The
purpose of this study is to structure of the rice value chain in Ayeyarwady Region, to analyze the marketing costs and margins of the
various actors along the rice value chain, to study the socio-demographic characteristics of actors and to identify the different types
of constraints on the value chain.
Methodology & Theoretical Orientation: The different characteristics of different actors are identified by purposive and simple
random sampling methods. The descriptive statistics, cost and return analysis, and marketing cost and marketing margin analysis are
used in this study.
Findings: The studied rice value chain encompasses different actors: i.e. farmer, primary collector, miller, wholesaler, retailer
and exporter. In this value chain, the millers receive the highest profit share and the farmers have the highest marketing margin
distribution. The observed rice value chain is not efficient since the marketing margin is unequally distributed along the chain. The
encountered internal constraints are primarily material and production constraints. The external constraints are related to financial,
distribution and institutional issues.
Conclusion & Significance: The rice miller is the most profitable actor and the primary collectors and farmers are the most vulnerable
actors in the rice value chain. Farmmechanization and improving public and private extension programs are needed to raise the profit
of the farmers. The development in infrastructure such as transportation, power supply and banking is needed to support through
private-public partnership for the development of the rice value chain sector.
Biography
Thuzar Linn is a Doctoral student studying in the Department of Business Informatics and Operations Management under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Broos
Maenhout in the Faculty of Economics and Business Administrations at the Ghent University, Belgium. She is currently a Doctorate student. She is an Assistant
Lecturer and has more than 10 years of work experience in teaching and research. She has one international publication in the field of value chain analysis. Her
doctoral research also specializes in the area of value chain analysis.
Thuzar Linn et al., Adv Crop Sci Tech 2018, Volume 6
DOI: 10.4172/2329-8863-C1-005