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Agricultural Land in The Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Security he contribution of agriculture to gross Even with dynamic growth in manufacturing and domestic product (GDP) of the countries services sectors in GMS countries, a large portion in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) of the population still lives below the poverty line. except for Thailand has been declining Almost 70% of the poor were living in rural areas Tover the past decade; however, the sector still plays in 2009, mostly working in the agricultural sector. a very important role in food security. In 2010, This underlines the importance of enhancing and agriculture made up around one third of GDP in stabilizing growth in agriculture and agriculture- Cambodia, the Lao People’s Democratic Republic related, value-added goods and services as a major (Lao PDR), and Myanmar, while in Guangxi key to reducing poverty. Zhuang Autonomous Region and Yunnan Province of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), Thailand, and Viet Nam, it was less than one fth. Land area Agricultural Land in the GMS for agricultural use has remained fairly stable in (thousand hectare) in 2000-2003 Guangxi, Yunnan, and Thailand with increases in and 2008-2009 Cambodia, the Lao PDR, and Viet Nam. 5,555 Cambodia 4,770 Guangxi,PRC 17,866 GDP Share of Agriculture and 17,902 Yunnan, PRC 31,760 GDP per Capita in the GMS 31,735 2,346 GDP share of Agriculture (%) GDP per Capita ($/year) Lao PDR 1,836 Country 2000 2010 2000 2010 Myanmar 13,645 Cambodia 37.90 36 .00 290.00 788.00 10,476 19,795 PRC Thailand 19,834 Guangxi 26.80 17.50 561.84 2,986.56 Upper::RPHQWHQGLQJULFHÀHOGVLQ Viet Nam 10,272 Yunnan 20.70 12.81 560.00 2,327.00 8,780 the Mekong Delta, Viet Nam. Lower: 5XEEHUWDSSLQJLQ<XQQDQ35&DQ Lao PDR 48.54 30.81 303.47 1,003.71 2000-2003 2008-2009 LQFUHDVLQJO\LPSRUWDQWFDVKFURSLQ Myanmar 57.20 36.40 177.64 742.44 SDUWVRIWKHVXEUHJLRQ Thailand 9.02 12.42 1,983.32 4,992.43 GMS = Greater Mekong Subregion, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, PRC = Viet Nam 24.53 20.58 401.57 1,173.55 People’s Republic of China. Note: Guangxi, PRC data referred to 2003, 2008 and Yunnan, PRC data referred to 2003 Source: National Bureau of Statistics of China. China Statistical Yearbooks 2004 and GDP = gross domestic product, GMS = Greater Mekong Subregion, Lao PDR = Lao People’s 2009. Beijing; FAO. FAOSTAT; Government of Myanmar, Ministry of Agriculture and Democratic Republic, PRC = People’s Republic of China. Irrigation. 2011. Myanmar Agriculture in Brief 2011. Nay Pyi Taw; World Data Bank. Source: ADB. 2011. Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacic 2011. Manila; Council for the World Development Indicators and Global Development Finance. http://databank. Development of Cambodia. 2011. Why Invest in Cambodia? Phnom Penh; Guangxi Bureau worldbank.org/ddp/home.do?Step=1&id=4 (Accessed 26 December 2011). of Statistics. 2011. Guangxi Statistical Yearbook 2011. Beijing; International Monetary Fund. World Economic Outlook Database, September 2011. http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ ft/weo/2011/02/weodata/index.aspx; Government of Viet Nam, Ministry of Planning and Investment, General Statistics Oce. 2011. Statistical Yearbook of Viet Nam 2010. Ha Noi; Yunnan Bureau of Statistics. Yunnan Statistical Yearbooks 2001 and 2010. Beijing. Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Security 153 154 Greater Mekong Subregion Atlas of the Environment Importance of Rice. The GMS is home to the “rice bowls” of the Ayeyarwady, Chao Phraya, Mekong, and Red River deltas. Most of the poor subsist on a diet of rice and fish. Myanmar, Thailand, and Viet Nam earn foreign exchange by exporting their surplus production. Rice production is crucial to the subregion’s economies. In Viet Nam, rice accounts for more than 85% of food grain output; the country became a net rice exporter in 1989 and produced about 40 million tons in 2010. In Thailand, in spite of a declining trend in domestic demand, rice production continued to grow, making it the second largest producer in the GMS. Thailand’s rice exports have been growing steadily and stood at 9.1 million tons in 2010. Next to Thailand, Viet Nam exported 6.9.million tons of rice and is now the second largest rice exporter in the world. Much of the surplus production in Thailand is from the intensively cultivated central region, where the area planted with rice grew from 6.9 million hectares in 1968 to 10.9 million hectares in 2010 and has since been fluctuating between 9 million and 11 million hectares, depending on the relative price of rice in the world market. GMS Rice Production, 2000 and 2010 (thousand ton) Country 2000 2010 Cambodia 4,026.1 8,249.5 PRC commercial farming practices. Although Guangxi 13,607.7 11,212.5 individual countries are progressing at different Yunnan 5,362.9 6,165.7 paces, in general, the countries are adopting Lao PDR 2,201.7 3,006.0 Myanmar 21,324.0 32,579.0 intensification, specialization, increased Thailand 25,844.0 31,597.2 agrochemical use, and mechanization. Trends Viet Nam 32,529.5 39,988.9 observed in Thailand and the PRC are likely GMS 104,895.9 132,798.8 to emerge in other countries of the GMS in future. Production of such commodities as rice, GMS = Greater Mekong Subregion, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, PRC = People’s Republic of China. oil crops (soybean, groundnut, sesame, and Source: Cambodia Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. Rice Production. http:// sunflower), and coarse grains (maize, millet, and www.stats.maff.gov.kh/en/index.php?page=stat&mode=riceproduction&option=com_ content&Itemid=47; FAO. FAOSTAT. http://faostat.fao.org/site/291/default.aspx (accessed sorghum) has more than doubled since 1990, 6 August 2012); Government of Myanmar, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation. outpacing the region’s rapid population growth. 2011. Myanmar Agriculture at a Glance 2011. Nay Pyi Taw; Guangxi Bureau of Statistics. 2011. Guangxi Statistical Yearbook 2011. Beijing; Thailand Ministry of Agriculture and Many farmers have switched from growing Cooperatives. 2011. Indicators of Agricultural Economy of Thailand 2010. Bangkok; rice to producing commercial crops, such as Government of Viet Nam, Ministry of Planning and Investment, General Statistics Office. 2011. Statistical Yearbook of Viet Nam 2010. Ha Noi; Yunnan Bureau of Statistics. Yunnan fruits, vegetables, rubber, and pulpwood. Statistical Yearbooks 2001 and 2010. Beijing. In Myanmar, rice is virtually the only food grain GMS Rice Production, produced and employs nearly 40% of the labor 2000–2010 (thousand ton) force. In 2010, Myanmar produced 32.6 million 140,000 tons of rice on 8 million hectares of land. In Cambodia, rice is the most important staple food, 120,000 growing on about 2.7 million hectares and the 100,000 Most of the rice crop in the subregion country has ambitious plans for expansion and 80,000 is still harvested manually. Upper: intensification. Cambodia was a net importer of 60,000 Threshing rice, and Lower: Sun drying rice until 1995; since then, the country has become rice, in Guangxi, PRC self-sufficient in rice production and produced 8.2 40,000 million tons in 2010, exporting a small quantity. 20,000 The Lao PDR produced 2.3 million tons of rice 0 (2010) on an area of about 627,865 hectares. 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Cambodia Guangxi, PRC Yunnan, PRC Lao PDR Trends in Agricultural Production Myanmar Thailand Viet Nam GMS = Greater Mekong Subregion, Lao PDR = Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Agriculture in the GMS is shifting from PRC = People’s Republic of China. Source: See table on GMS Rice Production, 2000 and 2010. traditional subsistence farming to modern Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food Security 155 Farmers in the GMS are increasingly opting buffalos and ducks being significant in some for ”green revolution” approaches and countries as well. Quantities produced in the technologies rather than land expansion. These different countries vary considerably, based approaches include more effective irrigation, to some extent on differences in cultural improved plant varieties, increased use of values. The main product in Cambodia, the fertilizer, and better farming practices. Lao PDR, and Viet Nam is pig meat, while in Myanmar and Thailand it is chicken and hen Crop Diversity. The wide variety of crops eggs. Thailand’s egg production was almost grown across the subregion reflects national 1 million tons in 2010, three times that of preferences and the nature of available Viet Nam, the second largest egg producer. farmland. In Thailand, more than twice as much sugarcane—68.8 million tons (2010)— as rice is produced each year. Sugar is also Land Degradation important in Viet Nam, where it is about half the size of the rice crop, and in Myanmar. The dramatic changes in land use and Other major crops are cassava and maize. agricultural intensification have come at an environmental cost. According to the Greater Thailand produces large amounts of oil palm fruit Mekong Environment Outlook, land degradation and is the subregion’s leading rubber producer. affects between 10% and 40% of land in Viet Nam produces most of the subregion’s coffee the GMS countries. Forest loss, agricultural beans, while Myanmar produces far more dry intensification, and overgrazing are the main beans, groundnuts, and onions than the other causes. Changes to natural landscapes associated countries and is the only one producing plantains. with farming activities have disrupted vital ecological services by reducing the capacity Livestock. The main livestock raised in the of ecosystems to contain floods, control subregion are pigs, chickens, and cattle, with erosion, and limit damage from pests.
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