the creation of cooperatives and producers organisations should rely on a bottomup approach and be actively supported by extension workers through appropriate trainings these groups can play a major role in linking farmers to markets providing them with necessary inputs and increasing their bargaining power greater public funding needs to be provided to rd the intensity of research in myanmar is low compared to other neighbouring countries partnerships and consortia between national and international research extension and farmers would enhance access to best practices and the utilisation of mature technologies and increase uptake by farmers