Review of Efforts to Combat Desertification and Arrest and Reverse Land Degradation in Myanmar - Combating Desertification in Asia, Africa and the Middle East - page 270

Fig. 14.1 Map of Myanmar, the 5th largest country in Asia showing the location and extent of the
Dry Zone in central Myanmar ( inset )
species of grass. Dry zone is the most important vegetable oil production region,
which includes sesame and sunflower. Other important crops are rice, millet, cotton
and tobacco. The major cash crops grown in the Dry Zone are cotton, sesame, pulses
and beans. Seasonal vegetables such as onion, garlic, chillies, and tomatoes are also
grown on some alluvial soils on the banks along the Ayeyarwady river. All suitable
land is cultivated and there is hardly any scope for expansion. The farmers of this