5 December 2025
The Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development announced that officials from Myanmar and Russia have discussed the potential start of the construction project for a joint fertilizer plant in December, aiming for completion within a year.
Union Minister for Cooperatives and Rural Development, U Hla Moe, met with a delegation led by Mr. Sergey Shterov, a member of the Supervisory Board of the Roscongress Investment Fund of the Russian Federation, at the Union Ministers’ Office Guest Hall yesterday.
During their meeting, they addressed the Russian-Myanmar joint fertilizer plant construction project, the status of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) concerning joint projects between the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, their ministry, and the Roscongress Investment Fund, as well as the trial planting of nine sunflower varieties supported by Russia through agricultural cooperatives.
Additionally, they discussed the current status of foliar spray production and usage, along with the potential commencement of construction for a natural fertilizer factory in December, with the goal of completing the factory within a year.
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