Myanmar farmers are cultivating crops on the water/////////

Myanmar farmers engaged in cultivating vegetables in Mylan's Inle Lake. The country's second biggest donation partner in the city of Lek They are known as the lake people. The lake is an integral part of the lives of about 70 thousand people, 120 km². Their home, fish, their main food. They are also cultivating vegetables in these floating gardens.

Tomato peasants Ment said, "My family is cultivating tomato here in the era, and here it is also cultivated fish, but the cultivation and sale of tomato is the main source of income, but in 10 years, there are about 26 floating islands of Tomato There is no need of irrigation but hard work is to be done. "

This method of cultivation started more than a hundred years ago. But in the 1960s it became popular. In 1990, there was a significant increase in this method of moving out of socialism to the market economy.

Tomato can be seen in 90 percent of the floating garden area. There are also beans, loaves, and cucumbers. Farmers cultivate a special layer of water on crop cultivation.

From May to December, during the harvesting period. Tomatoes produce hundreds of tons daily. It earns about $ 90,000. However, farmers are using pollutants and fertilizers to reduce pollution, said the UNDP.

UNDP's Chief Technical Advisor Environmental Guaranty Martin Koser said, "Unfortunately, most people are using chemicals to harvest more crops in the lake, they do not know how much insecticides and fertilizers are safe and how to use them. Is doing. "