"In 2018-19 fiscal year, around 17.9 million acres of monsoon paddy were grown and paddy production was around 30 million tons of paddy, said Dr. Aung Thu, Union Minister for Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation. Paddy production still tops the list of local agro products. Pawsanhmway paddy accounted for around 1.3 million acres of total paddy growing acres. There is a high demand for Pawsanhmway paddy in the local market. Farmers get a good price for Pawsanhmway paddy. Pawsanhmway paddy got the Word’s Best Rice Award at Rice Traders World Rice Conference held in Hochimin City of Vietnam in 2011. The agricultural sector contributes to 30 per cent of the GDP and 25 per cent of the export earnings. The rural people which account for 70 per cent of have to rely on agriculture and breeding. Till June of 2018-19 FY, Myanmar planted 15,083,156 acres of monsoon paddy and 2,777,899 acres of summer paddy and produced over 1,294.5 million baskets of paddy—1,082,587,039 baskets of monsoon paddy and 211,969253 baskets of summer paddy, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation..."