In Myanmar, the Ministry of Cooperatives and Commodity Distribution was established in 1951.Then, Ministry of Support and Cooperatives and Ministry of Cooperatives were reorganized.In 2016, Ministry of Cooperatives, Ministry of Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation were organized as Ministry of Agriculture, Livestocks and Irrigation.In the government formed after the military coup in 2021, the former Ministry of Cooperatives and the Department of Rural Development were reorganized as the Ministry of Cooperatives and Rural Development.
