While total current water use in Myanmar accounts for less than 10% of total water resource availability (ARDC, 2011), irrigated agriculture was the single most important water user in 2003, accounting for over 89% of total water withdrawals, with annual water withdrawals of 28 km3. This supported a sharp increase in the the cropping intensity from 140% in 1995 to 170% in 2008 (UNDP, 2004). More than 75% of the total irrigated area is sown to rice, but vegetables, pulses and sesame are also grown under irrigation (UNDP, 2004).