12. ပထဝြီ
ငဒသဆိုင် ာ
ညွန်
The capacity of the “pilot case” to be replicable or to serve as “demonstration”.
This was then translated into the following selection criteria, which were weighted in accordance with
the importance of the various criteria for MOST and AFD.
Criteria Weight
Potential for rural development 3.5
Current environmental and social practices are “acceptable” 3
Potential for export 2.5
Strength of the existing reputation 3
Does the product reach the consumer as produced in the geographical
zone (or is it an ingredient of further processed product – outside the
area)
2.5
Foreseen ease in developing the Code of Practice 2
Potential motivation of the value chain actors for a GI 1.5
Existence of organisational and support structures for the Value chain 1
13. During the selection workshop, the concepts of GIs were introduced to the participants. Then the par-
ticipants organized in four groups were asked to :
identify potential GIs
give some indication as to the name of the product, the area where it would come from,
confirm that it has a reputation (how strong and on what markets), if it has a link to the territory (how
strong and is it mainly natural factors, human factors or both) and if it is a common heritage (history
and produced by many).
The discussions resulted in the list below (with no hierarchal order).
Product (in English) and Burmese
Possible Geographical (or traditional)
name (or names)
And region where it comes from
1 Lacquer ware Bagan
2 Horse Gram fermented bean paste Nyaung U
3 Pickled tea leaves Shan (mogote Lepet)
4 Sein ta loan Mango KYAUKSE
5 Pommello (Maulamyaing) Maulamyaing
6 Ywar Ngan Coffee Ywar Ngan
7 Fish sauce from Myeik Myeik
8 Jaggery (Toddy) from Kyauk Padaung (from
palm sugar)
Kyauk Padaung
9 Yesagyo Rice cake with Toddy Fruit Yesagyo
10 Seedless Plums From Salay Salay
11 Peanut oil Magway
12 Edible Birds Nest Myeik
13 Spirulina Twin Taung Butalin
14 Glazed Ware Sagaing
15 Halva (Sticky Rice and Paw San Rice Snack) Pathein
16 Sticky rice pudding Mandalay
17 Plain tea (Laphat chauk) NamSang(Northen Shan)
18 Grapefruit Putao
19 Thanaka (Naringi crenulata) Pakhoku, ayadaw
20 Mat (ThinPhyu Phyar) Pantanaw
21 PawSan Rice Shwebo
22 Innlay Lotus TEXTILE Innlay
23 Kyo Gyi Chate (Myanmar Traditional
Longyi)
AmaraPura
24 Jade (longList)
25 Ruby Moegote
26 Fermented (pickled) Bamboo Shoot PyinMaNa
27 Kachin Longyi / Sarong
28 Umbrella Pathein
29 Teak Myanmar
30 Onion Myitthar
31 Rattan Dawei
32 Traditional Dress (Gyat Khoke) Chin
33 Longyi Seikkun/WinDwin
34 Wine (Strawberry/DamSon) PyinOoLwin
35 Kan Zaw Oil Dawei
36 Pearl Myeik
37 Gold Flake MyatParYak(Mandalay)
38 SheeBaDee MyittKyiNa
39 Fish cake Rakhine State
Three products were mentioned in bi-lateral discussions, but not identified during the workshop: