Abstract

• Vegetables are major daily consuming item for human beings. Because of daily consuming item and cheaper price than meat, vegetable supply is important for people live not only in urban area but in rural area. In Hpa-an, although more than thirty types of vegetable are sold, eight major items are lime, tomato, corn, carrot, gourd, etc. Four vegetable markets are found in Hpa-an and vegetables come from various sources such as village tracts of Hpa-an Township, Thailand, Mawlamyine, Aungban, Tatkone, Thahtone, Yangon, Belin, Belukyun, etc. In supply chain, wholesale market, retail markets and customers are major links in vegetable supply chain of Hpaan. Objectives of this paper are to examine types and sources of vegetables sold in markets in Hpaan, to explore the flow of vegetables in Hpa-an, to investigate supply chain vegetables marketing in Hpa-an and to find out existing problems in vegetables marketing. Primary and secondary data derived from field survey, interviews, and secondary sources were analyzed and problems and issues related with vegetable market were presented.