Oilcrops Development Project

Myanmar

The project will focus largely on developing oil palm and four oilseed crops – sesame, groundnut, sunflower and soybean – among farmers in 36 townships. Works will include:

• upgrading of laboratories and seed harvesting and cleaning facilities;
• construction ofseed conditioning plants and storage areas;
• creation of a seed capital fund;
• construction of new solvent extraction plants capable of processing 100–150 tons of seeds per day;
• construction of a new palm oil mill in Dawei; and
• raising the production capacity of a seed refinery in Yangon from 15 to 50 tons per day.