Burma project 482-0006 · 1988 · agriculture · Agricultural Cooperative Development International (ACDI)

Final report by the contractor, Agricultural Cooperative Development International (ACDI), on a project (8/86-9/88) to improve the processing of edible oils in Burma. Under the project, ACDI provided TA to 15 selected oil mills, 4 national industrial producer workshops, and staff of the Ministry of Cooperatives. As a result of three major accomplishments and four associated achievements, the project has made a strong beginning toward upgrading the Burmese edible oil industry. This was done primarily by building on existing local expertise supplemented by on-the-job training, and by using materials (often available locally) and processes appropriate to the Burmese situation. It cannot be emphasized too strongly that the solutions found to date are a result of the high degree of enthusiasm and cooperation shown by workshop and mill technical staffs. Though there are many project accomplishments, three in particular must be considered major by any standard. In a relatively short period (between 2/87, when the project workplan was implemented, and 4/88, after which political unrest made project work practically impossible), three mechanical breakthroughs were made which resulted in

Source: DEC abstract, PD-AAZ-342 (1988). The source's own text.