Farming for Development: Agriculture in Burma

Agriculture provides employment for three-fourths of the population in Burma, and rice accounts for 40% of the country's exports. The current four-year plan undertaken by the Government with help from the UN Development Programme is aimed at modernizing the farming techniques of the country to achieve higher production.
When a tractor is overloaded it ceases to function; but when a buffalo is over-burdened it has no choice but to continue to plough.