Xinhua, Yangon :
Myanmar is seeking to develop soft- shell crab breeding with help of foreign experts to meet the demand of both local and foreign consumption, a semi-official media reported Monday.
The soft-shell crab breeding farms will be expanded with advanced technology in the future, the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development was quoted by the Global New Light of Myanmar as saying.
At present, local farmers are operating their breeding farms in Yangon, Tanintharyi and Ayeyawaddy regions as well as Rakhine state on commercial scale.
U Khin Maung Aye, deputy minister of the ministry, said the government will allow foreign direct investment in the sector to boost the industry.
Myanmar is seeking to develop soft- shell crab breeding with help of foreign experts to meet the demand of both local and foreign consumption, a semi-official media reported Monday.
The soft-shell crab breeding farms will be expanded with advanced technology in the future, the Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development was quoted by the Global New Light of Myanmar as saying.
At present, local farmers are operating their breeding farms in Yangon, Tanintharyi and Ayeyawaddy regions as well as Rakhine state on commercial scale.
U Khin Maung Aye, deputy minister of the ministry, said the government will allow foreign direct investment in the sector to boost the industry.
