Local rice buyers and consumers should not worry about the quality of local-grown rice, said President of Myanmar Rice Federation Ye Min Aung, at a press conference at Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI) on April 22.

Local rice buyers and consumers worry after the destruction of Myanmar rice by Ivory Coast citing that it is unfit for human consumption.

This problem is nothing to do with the quality of Myanmar rice. Rice millers, merchants and exporters are working to export the international-standard rice, he added.

“Myanmar exports high-quality rice to European countries, Japan and other countries. Shwebo and Pawsanhmwe rice consumed in the country have high-quality. The people don’t need to worry as local farmers don’t use too much fertilizers,” he continued.

Rice is an important good for export as well as for the local market. Eighty per cent of rice goes to local consumption and the rest to the export.