Germplasm conservation
Native and economically valuable species.
Credibility Centerpiece
Our Technology & Tissue Culture Lab
A credible technical facility overview — Thilawa laboratory, micropropagation capability, and growth roadmap.
Facility Overview
Thilawa tissue culture platform
Location: Thilawa, Kyauk-Tan Township, Yangon Region
Facility size: 6.22+ acres, expandable to 18+ acres
Infrastructure: tissue culture laboratory, mist chamber, nursery buildings, hardening facilities
Timeline: land acquisition and lab construction 2024–2025; tissue culture production launched 2025
Workforce: 100+ employees · Target: 500,000+ seedlings/year
Problem
Traditional seed and cutting propagation is slow, uneven, and more vulnerable to disease.
Solution
Plant tissue culture multiplies elite, disease-free, genetically uniform plants at scale.
Applications
Current and planned applications
Mass propagation
Timber and fruit seedlings — 500,000+/year target.
Elite planting stock
For smallholder and contract farming partners.
Medicinal plant pilots
Pharmaceutical-grade raw material supply lines.
Research partnerships
Potential collaboration with Biotechnology Center (Pale, Yangon).