Related Publications: Southeast Asia
Welfare and vulnerability: Findings from the first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey
The first round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between December 2021 and February 2022 with 12,100 households.
Measuring agricultural trade integration in Southeast Asia
This paper offers an evaluation of agricultural trade integration in Southeast Asia.
Rice productivity in Myanmar: Assessment of the 2021 monsoon and outlook for 2022
We analyze rice input and productivity data for the monsoon seasons of 2020 and 2021 from the Myanmar Agriculture Performance Survey (MAPS).
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – March 2022 survey
Crop traders comprise the mid-stream of Myanmar’s food supply chain and serve as the essential link between farms and food processors, exporters, commodity exchange centers, and urban food markets.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Food vendors - March 2022
This Research Note presents the results of recent interviews with food vendors in rural and urban areas and in all state/regions of Myanmar as a part of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS) telephone survey (MAPSA 2022a).
Nutrition as a basic need: A new method for utility-consistent and nutritionally adequate food poverty lines
In most countries and globally, malnutrition rates exceed poverty rates.
Regional developments [in 2022 Global Food Policy Report]
Climate change is a truly global threat, but its impacts differ around the world. Regions and countries urgently need to identify and implement policy responses that reflect local needs and opportunities.
Conceptual framework for linkages and partnerships in BIMSTEC
The Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a regional organization which came into being in 1997.
Impact of a gender and nutrition behavioral change communication amid the COVID-19 crisis in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone
Social behavior change communication (SBCC) interventions on gender and nutrition are now commonly implemented, but their impact on diet quality and empowerment is rarely assessed rigorously.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Understanding the rapid price increase of vegetable oils
This Research Note presents the results from an assessment of the evolution of vegetable oil prices in Myanmar.