About Us

Agarwin-Keystone Co., Ltd is a Myanmar-American Joint Venture company formed in mid-2014 under the Myanmar Foreign Investment Law.

The Myanmar side, Agarwin Diamond Family Group Co., Ltd, has several years of experience working with agar wood in its raw state and cultivation of different species of Aquilaria trees for the production of agar wood.

The American side is comprised of technology companies interested in gaining a foothold in Myanmar agriculture, and in the development of a rational approach to cultivation of Aquilaria for the production of agar wood.

Both companies have joined to form Agarwin-Keystone, in order to make effective use of lands, human resources, know-how, and operating capital and operate plantations intended to function as productive models for the rest of Myanmar.

The company’s plantation operations meet or exceed standards for Sustainable Forest Managament (SFM), and we are the very first plantation in Myanmar to achieve certification for legal production of agar wood products under the auspices of Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

Agarwin-Keystone intends to farm a series of no larger than 20-acre plantations. Each will have sufficient manpower, in the form of farmers and their families working and living on the land. Each will have sufficient infrastructure in terms of proper irrigation and drainage, -and all of the machinery in place to make sure that the water cycle runs. No small consideration has been taken for the health and welfare of families cultivating the land, in terms of proper housing, access to water and sanitation, healthcare and education, as well as pay and benefits as provided for under Myanmar labor laws.

Operating according to Standard Operating Procedures developed based on the experience of Agarwin-Keystone’s management team, plantation, shading, thinning, and fertilization will be conducted to optimized health and reduce attrition of trees planted.

The timing of tree inoculation is largely dependent on the health of the tree; once a certain trunk diameter is reached, then the trees are judged to be sufficiently hardy to withstand a challenge to their immune system. Currently Agarwin-Keystone plans to inoculate its first eligible trees at approximately year 5.5.

Harvest will occur at years 7.5 through 9, depending largely on management’s judgment and market conditions. Nothing is lost by leaving productive trees standing.

Agarwin-Keystone intends to farm a series of no larger than 20-acre plantations. Each will have sufficient manpower, in the form of farmers and their families working and living on the land. Each will have sufficient infrastructure in terms of proper irrigation and drainage, -and all of the machinery in place to make sure that the water cycle runs. No small consideration has been taken for the health and welfare of families cultivating the land, in terms of proper housing, access to water and sanitation, healthcare and education, as well as pay and benefits as provided for under Myanmar labor laws.

Operating according to Standard Operating Procedures developed based on the experience of Agarwin-Keystone’s management team, plantation, shading, thinning, and fertilization will be conducted to optimized health and reduce attrition of trees planted.

The timing of tree inoculation is largely dependent on the health of the tree; once a certain trunk diameter is reached, then the trees are judged to be sufficiently hardy to withstand a challenge to their immune system. Currently Agarwin-Keystone plans to inoculate its first eligible trees at approximately year 5.5.

Harvest will occur at years 7.5 through 9, depending largely on management’s judgment and market conditions. Nothing is lost by leaving productive trees standing.

We remain fairly busy getting its first dozen or so 20-acre parcels in the sort of order envisioned by its founders. Still, the company is involved in: