This report presents findings on the supply side of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar, based on a survey of 57 agricultural machinery suppliers in five urban centers in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone, and incorporating information on the location

Outsourcing enterprises that rent out agricultural machinery with operators to farm households have been vital to facilitating rapid agricultural mechanization in Myanmar over the past five years.

Agriculture is central to Myanmar’s rural economy, and Ayeyarwady and Yangon regions are considered to be the country’s ‘rice bowl’. Yet few detailed data are available on the characteristics of agriculture in this important area.

Public infrastructure development since 2011 has been extremely rapid, reflecting changing budgetary priorities at the union level.