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Erick Boy

Erick Boy is the Chief Nutritionist in the HarvestPlus section of the Innovation Policy and Scaling Unit. As head of nutrition for the HarvestPlus Program since 2008, he has led research that has generated scientific evidence on biofortified staple crops as efficacious and effective interventions to help address iron, vitamin A, and zinc deficiency in sub-Saharan Africa, Latin America, and South Asia.

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Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: The case of maize in Myanmar

2025Goeb, Joseph; San, Cho Cho; Belton, Ben; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; Aung, Nilar; Maredia, Mywish; Minten, Bart
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Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: The case of maize in Myanmar

Year published

2025

Authors

Goeb, Joseph; San, Cho Cho; Belton, Ben; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; Aung, Nilar; Maredia, Mywish; Minten, Bart

Citation

Goeb, Joseph; San, Cho Cho; Belton, Ben; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; Aung, Nilar; et al. 2025. Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: The case of maize in Myanmar. World Development Perspectives 39(September 2025): 100699. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100699

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Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Agricultural Value Chains; Resilience; Maize; Agricultural Prices

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English

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Limited Access

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wdp.2025.100699 Source record

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Myanmar Monthly Food Price Report – June 2025

2025Htar, May Thet; Minten, Bart; Masias, Ian
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Myanmar Monthly Food Price Report – June 2025

Rice prices declined nationally, falling by almost 20 percent year-on-year, with sharp drops in Kayah and Kayin, but significant increases in Shan (East). Rice prices are lowest in secure, major rice-producing areas and highest in most conflict- and earthquake-affected regions. Export crop prices diverged, with green gram and maize increasing due to strong international demand, while black gram and pigeon pea declined year-on-year due to reduced demand in India. Animal-sourced food prices surged, led by beef (up 47 percent) and pork (up 64 percent), due to rising production and fuel costs, while fish prices rose amid strong export demand and a seasonal fishing ban. Multiple risks lie ahead, including the aftermath of the March earthquake, falling international rice prices, ongoing conflict, and uncertain monsoon season production, all of which may undermine farm income and food security.

Year published

2025

Authors

Htar, May Thet; Minten, Bart; Masias, Ian

Citation

Htar, May Thet; Minten, Bart; and Masias, Ian. 2025. Myanmar Monthly Food Price Report – June 2025. Myanmar Monthly Food Price Report: June 2025. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute.

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Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Food Security; Food Prices; Crops; Agricultural Marketing; Rice; Animal Source Foods

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024

2025Minten, Bart; Aung, Zin Wai; Zu, A Myint; Mahrt, Kristi
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Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024

This research note examines changes in food prices and their effects on the cost of both common and healthy diets, as well as on the purchasing power of casual wages. Data on food prices and casual wage levels were collected through interviews with food vendors in rural and urban areas across Myanmar, conducted between December 2021 and December 2024 as part of the ongoing Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS).

Year published

2025

Authors

Minten, Bart; Aung, Zin Wai; Zu, A Myint; Mahrt, Kristi

Citation

Minten, Bart; Aung, Zin Wai; Zu, A Myint; and Mahrt, Kristi. 2025. Wages of the poor and food price inflation: Insights from the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey in Q4 2024. Myanmar SSP Research Note 122. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175601

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Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; Southern Asia; Food Prices; Inflation; Remuneration; Surveys

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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Dataset

Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 5

2024International Food Policy Research Institute
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Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 5

The Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) is a nationwide phone panel consisting of approximately 4,663 households. The objective of the survey is to collect data on farm characteristics and agricultural assets, area and crops planted, access to inputs, crop marketing, and constraints in agricultural activities. The respondents interviewed are a sub-sample of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. A novel sampling strategy in combination with the development of household and population weights allows for estimates that are nationally, regionally, and urban/rural representative. MAPS Round 5 survey was implemented by phone by Myanmar Survey Research (MSR) from January to March, 2024. The MAPS collected information on household characteristics, overall area cultivated, crops grown, security problems, input use and farm management practices, yields, sales, output prices, and marketing behavior. MAPS Round 5 focused on the agricultural activities of crop farmers during the monsoon of 2023.

Year published

2024

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2024.Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 5. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/TDNRPI. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Agriculture; Farm Management; Agricultural Prices; Marketing; Producer Prices; Weather Data

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/tdnrpi Source record

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Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 4

2024International Food Policy Research Institute
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Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 4

The Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) is a nationwide phone panel consisting of approximately 5,500 households. The objective of the survey is to collect data on farm characteristics and agricultural assets, area and crops planted, access to inputs, crop marketing, and constraints in agricultural activities. The respondents interviewed are a sub-sample of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. A novel sampling strategy in combination with the development of household and population weights allows for estimates that are nationally, regionally, and urban/rural representative. MAPS Round 4 survey was implemented by phone by Myanmar Survey Research (MSR) from June to July, 2023. The MAPS Round 4 sample has 5,001 combined respondents from Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS) Round 5 and MAPS Round 3. This includes 1,342 respondents not previously interviewed for any round of MAPS but interviewed in MHWS. MAPS Round 4 compares agricultural production in the pre/post monsoon 2022 and the pre/post monsoon 2023.

Year published

2024

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2024. Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS), Round 4. Washington, DC: IFPRI [dataset]. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/IWQUU4. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

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Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Agriculture; Farm Management; Agricultural Prices; Marketing; Producer Prices; Weather Data; Gender; Food Security; Agricultural Production

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/iwquu4 Source record

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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 6

2024International Food Policy Research Institute
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Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 6

The sixth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,898 households–was implemented between August, 2023 and November, 2023. The objective of the survey was to collect data on a wide range of household and individual welfare indicators–including wealth, livelihoods, unemployment, food insecurity, diet quality, health shocks, and coping strategies–in a country exceptionally hard hit by conflict, severe economic collapse, and several damaging waves of COVID-19. The respondents interviewed in the MHWS were purposely selected from a large phone database aimed at being representative at the region/state level and urban/rural level in Myanmar. A novel sampling strategy in combination with the development of household and population weights allows for estimates that are nationally, regionally, and urban/rural representative.

Year published

2024

Authors

International Food Policy Research Institute

Citation

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). 2024. Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), Round 6. Washington, DC: IFPRI. https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/CVKOPF. Harvard Dataverse. Version 1.

Country/Region

Myanmar

Keywords

Asia; South-eastern Asia; Social Welfare; Households; Livelihoods; Assets; Employment; Food Insecurity; Diet; Migration; Shock

Language

English

Access/Licence

Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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https://doi.org/10.7910/dvn/cvkopf Source record

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Blogs

Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems
IFPRI Blog
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July 01, 2025

Four lessons for financial innovation in agrifood systems

By Kate Ambler, Jeffrey Bloem, Alan de Brauw, Mehrab Bakhtiar, and Eduardo Maruyama

Digital apps and other approaches for modernizing value chains.

Resource-poor rice farmers in Myanmar suffer double impact from political conflict
IFPRI Blog
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November 12, 2024

Resource-poor rice farmers in Myanmar suffer double impact from political conflict

By Hiroyuki Takeshima, Zin Wai Aung, Ian Masias, and Bart Minten

Productivity erodes amid turmoil.

Cash, COVID, coup, crisis: A pre-pandemic maternal and child cash transfer program had sustained dietary benefits during Myanmar’s ongoing emergency
IFPRI Blog
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March 15, 2023

Cash, COVID, coup, crisis: A pre-pandemic maternal and child cash transfer program had sustained dietary benefits during Myanmar’s ongoing emergency

By Derek Headey and Elisa Maffioli

Positive health and nutrition results persist even in adverse circumstances.

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Events

A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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October 18, 2023, 9:00 – 10:30 am

A Look at Global Rice Markets: Export Restrictions, El Niño, and Price Controls

Virtual IFPRI-AMIS Seminar Series: October 18, 2023 at 9:00am-10:30am EDT. At an August meeting of ASEAN countries, leaders committed to maintain an unimpeded flow of agricultural products and refrain from using “unjustified” trade barriers. However, these commitments may be undermined by a strengthening El Niño in the Pacific, which threatens to cut the rice production of key Asian suppliers and push prices sharply higher. This webinar will provide a brief update on the global rice situation.

Retail food prices at the country level and implications for food security
IFPRI Policy Seminar

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March 29, 2022, 9:30 – 11:00 am

Retail food prices at the country level and implications for food security

Virtual Event: March 29, 2022 – 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM EDT. How are rising food prices, further aggravated by the invasion of Ukraine, being transmitted at the country level? This policy seminar will examine how global commodity prices are transmitted at the national level and what other country-specific aspects influence retail prices.

Assessments of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's food security and welfare
IFPRI Program/Country Event

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November 11, 2020, 2:00 – 3:30 pm

Assessments of the Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s food security and welfare

While a much stronger second wave of COVID-19 cases poses a serious and sustained threat to the health of the Myanmar population, it also brings renewed economic disruptions and poses new challenges for efforts to avert poverty, food insecurity, and malnutrition. To generate evidence that can better inform the design of emergency response and economic […]

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News

March 15, 2023 | In the News

Recalibrate BIMSTEC (Hindu Business Line)

In an op-ed published by Hindu Business Line, IFPRI South Asia’s Devesh Roy, Shahidur Rashid, and Mamata Pradhan write, “Trade and investment are major instruments to attain food security across the BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation) member-states, particularly in a climate-affected, post-pandemic world. However, trade and market integration is an area where the […]

March 05, 2023 | Press Release

IFPRI-BIMSTEC Secretariat formalize partnership to promote  sustainable and inclusive food systems transformation

Dhaka, Bangladesh: The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) Secretariat signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today in Dhaka. IFPRI, with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF) and the BIMSTEC Secretariat, is conducting research and facilitating capacity sharing in […]

January 30, 2023 | In the News

Contentious election looms in Myanmar (The Star) 

The Star (Myanmar) published an article on the current state of politics and lost progress over the past two years. Armed conflict started in February 2021, but some are hopeful that a new election will turn turmoil into something workable for its citizens. However, many experts see little hope for negotiation.  More than 1.5 million […]

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Projects

Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns

Agricultural Transformation and Market Integration in the ASEAN region: Responding to Food Security and Inclusiveness Concerns

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Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI)

Food Security Policy, Research, Capacity, and Influence (PRCI)

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COVID-19: Measuring Impacts and Prioritizing Policies for Recovery

COVID-19: Measuring Impacts and Prioritizing Policies for Recovery

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