Potential to Comply with Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Standard by Mango Farmers in Southern Shan State, Myanmar

ศักยภาพในการอนุวัติมาตรฐานการเกษตรดีที่เหมาะสมโดยเกษตรกรผู้ปลูกมะม่วงในรัฐฉานตอนใต้ ประเทศเมียนมาร์

Name: Johannes Müller

ThaSH: Mango -- Planting

Classification :.DDC: 634.44

ThaSH: Mango -- Harvesting

ThaSH: Farmers -- Myanmar

Abstract: Mango (Mangifera indica Linn) plays a key role among horticultural fruit crops in Myanmar and is believed to have a potential on high value international markets. Yet, improving fruit yields in terms of quantity and quality is fundamental for farmers to participate in the emerging (international) value chains. The research has been conducted in cooperation with the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ). The aim of the study was to assess the status quo of current pre- and post-harvesting processes in mango orchards in the Shan State, Myanmar on the basis of GAP requirements concerning fruit quality. An exploratory research approach was applied drawing on a quantitative research among one hundred fourteen mango farmers in the Shan State, Myanmar and seven qualitative semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted from December 2015 – Mai 2016 in Myanmar and Thailand. The quantitative baseline data was analyzed using standard statistical methods (frequency, mean and dispersion of scores). The qualitative interviews aimed at scrutinizing, opening-up and interpreting the results of the quantitative research and were analyzed using Mayrings’ (2000) content analysis model. In spite of advanced orchard management techniques in the Shan State, improving fruit quality and amount of marketable fruits requires providing knowledge and training on pre-harvest management techniques such as fertilization, irrigation and insect and pest management. Moreover, the availability of inputs and technology needs to be improved. Post-harvest handing of mangos is presently at an early stage of development resulting in high post-harvest losses. As farmers have a strong interest in exporting, installing full packing-house sequences or as intermediate solution, hygienic field packing houses, are an important precondition to maintain mango quality after harvest. In this context, the results of the study stress the significance of a strict compliance with GAP food safety and traceability standards and advocate, for the short run, the introduction of a Myanmar GAP due to the high requirements of Global GAP implementation. A glance at the development and structure of the export mango value chain in Thailand exemplifies the high potential of mango clusters and mango producer groups to strengthen farmers’ bargaining power along with access to information and technology. In the Shan State, cooperation among farmers and between farmers and further actors plays currently a minor role.

Chiang Mai University Library

Address: Chiang Mai

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Name: Vitcha Sardsud

Role: Chairman

Name: Wolfram Spreer

Role: Member

Name: Joachim Muller

Role: Member

Created: 2016

Modified: 2019-12-25

Issued: 2019-12-25

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CallNumber: Th 634.44 M958P 2016

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DegreeName: Master of Science

Level: Master's Degree

Descipline: Sustainable Agriculture and Integrated Watershed Management

Grantor: Chiang Mai University

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