THE prices of rice and rice crops have modestly increased in the domestic market on the back of strong demand, traders from the Bayintnaung wholesale market said.

SINCE May, lychee fruits grown from the farms in Katha Township, Sagaing Region, have been on sale in the township markets.

GOOD Agricultural Practices (GAP) on over 240 acres of watermelon and muskmelon plantation were launched in the Monywa district of Sagaing region, according to the Monywa District Agriculture Department.

GOLDEN eugenia growers on a manageable scale earn extra income for their families in Myawady town in Kayin State, said U Win Kyi, a golden eugenia grower from Yaypusan village in Myawady town of Kayin State.

THE Department of Animal and Plant Quarantine of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China (GACC) informed Myanmar embassy in Beijing to recheck Myanmar’s fish products exported to China as they contain the concentration of heavy metals such as high level of cadmium. 

ACCORDING to the Yangon Region Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Bayintnaung commodity depot), the black bean price plunged in the domestic market.