To understand the effects of recent economic and political disruptions on Myanmar’s rice sector, we conducted an additional round of a telephone survey of medium- and large-scale rice millers in June 2021.
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Most food retail prices in July 2021 were found to be higher than in the same period in 2020. Retail prices of the cheapest variety of rice–by far the most important staple in Myanmar–have risen by 13 percent, on average.
Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several different constraints limiting their ability to reach their production potential.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers – June 2021 survey round
Mechanization service providers (MSPs) in Myanmar were originally interviewed by phone in the summer and fall of 2020.
National poverty rates in Myanmar have risen dramatically due to economic disruption following the February 1, 2021 military take-over of government.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural commodity traders - May 2021 survey round
To understand how Myanmar’s crop marketing system has been affected by political instability, phone interviews were conducted in May with 78 agricultural commodity traders.
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Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural input retailers – June 2021 survey round
To understand the effects of recent disruptions on Myanmar’s agricultural input sector, a phone survey of input retailers was conducted in June 2021.
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COVID-19 prevention measures are at their lowest levels since June 2020. However, several restrictions were recently implemented to curtail political unrest that are likely to also slow the spread of the virus.
Livelihoods, poverty, and food insecurity in Myanmar: Household survey evidence from May 2021
Six rounds of the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS) conducted in 2020 demonstrated the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on poverty and food insecurity among approximately 2,000 households with pregnant women or young children in urban Yangon
This Research Note presents the results from seven rounds of a telephone survey with food vendors conducted in rural and urban zones throughout Myanmar, focusing more specifically on the results from the last round completed in May 2021.
Rice mills are the most important link in Myanmar’s rice value chain. Mills buy paddy from farmers and process it into rice, the primary staple of Myanmar accounting for more than 50 percent of calories consumed in the country.
Urban food prices under lockdown: Evidence from Myanmar’s traditional food retail sector during COVID-19
Many governments imposed stringent lockdowns during the COVID-19 pandemic as a public health measure to suppress the spread of the disease.
Early impacts of the Myanmar political crisis on rural farm households: Findings from March 2021
Using phone survey data from March 2021, we found that the impacts of the recent political unrest in Myanmar further compound the disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, both on the farm as well as on the non-farm rural economy.
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural urban wholesale markets – April 2021
Prices of major agricultural products in the two major urban wholesale markets of Mandalay and Yangon were collected during the month of April 2021. Compared to prices from a year earlier in April 2020:
COVID-19 continues to plague global food security not only directly through health effects but also indirectly through responses that restrict key economic functions of the agri-food sector.
Immediate impacts of COVID‐19 on female and male farmers in central Myanmar: Phone‐based household survey evidence
This article provides evidence of the immediate impacts of the first months of the COVID‐19 crisis on farming communities in central Myanmar using baseline data from January 2020 and follow‐up phone survey data from June 2020 with 1,072 women and
The severe economic impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s economy have been accentuated by the recent political instability.
PRCI trade flow analysis training: Lecture 6: Analyzing trade flows in Myanmar using BACI dataset
Trade flow among the countries determines the economic benefits countries gain from trade. For many Asian developing countries, agricultural and food trade is an important engine for agricultural growth.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural input retailers - March 2021 survey round
To understand the effects of recent disruptions on Myanmar’s agricultural input sector, a telephone survey of input retailers was conducted in March 2021.