Furthermore, the government can set incentives to induce the private sector to invest more in agricultural R&D, particularly through the enforcement of intellectual property rights such as patents and licences. Data in USD presented in this chapter were converted from current kyats to USD by using the exchange rate of 1MMK = 0.00113572 USD as of June 2013. Data in acres have been converted in hectares (ha) by using the rate of 1 ha = 2.47 acres.