The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation (MOLI) is a

ministry Ministry may refer to: Government * Ministry (collective executive), the complete body of government ministers under the leadership of a prime minister * Ministry (government department), a department of a government Religion * Christian ...

in the

Burmese government Myanmar ( also known as Burma) operates ''de jure'' as a unitary assembly-independent republic under its 2008 constitution. On 1 February 2021, Myanmar's military took over the government in a coup, causing ongoing anti-coup protests. Po ...

responsible for

agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

and

irrigation Irrigation (also referred to as watering) is the practice of applying controlled amounts of water to land to help grow Crop, crops, Landscape plant, landscape plants, and Lawn, lawns. Irrigation has been a key aspect of agriculture for over 5,00 ...

. Until 8 August 1996, it was named the Ministry of Agriculture. In 2016, President Htin Kyaw composed it with the

Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development The Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development ( my, ) is a ministry in the Burmese government responsible for the country's livestock and fishery sectors. The development of livestock and fisheries sectors of the Republic of the U ...

as Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.

Departments

* Minister's Office * Department of Agriculture
Irrigation and Water Utilization Management Department
* Agricultural Mechanisation Department * Department of Agriculture Land Management and Statistics * Department of Planning * Myanma Agricultural Development Bank * Department of Agriculture Research *

Yezin Agricultural University Yezin Agricultural University (YAU) ( my, ရေဆင်း စိုက်ပျိုးရေး တက္ကသိုလ် ), located in Yezin, is the only institution of higher learning in agriculture in Myanmar. YAU also has major campuses ...

* Department of Industrial Crops Development * Department of Cooperative * Department of Fisheries

References

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Agriculture Agriculture or farming is the practice of cultivating plants and livestock. Agriculture was the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to ...

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John C. Wells, Joh ...

Agricultural organisations based in Myanmar