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Eliot Jones-Garcia is a Senior Research Analyst with the Natural Resources and Resilience Unit based in Washington, DC. His research focuses on human-AI interaction, user-centered design, and the ethical and responsible development of AI. Eliot is currently finalizing a PhD on the digitalization of agricultural advisory services at Wageningen University & Research.

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Foresight Modeling with IFPRI’s IMPACT Model

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Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: November 2025

2025Abushama, Hala; Rakhy, Tarig; Mohamed, Shima; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Adam, Abdelhafiz; Siddig, Khalid
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Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: November 2025

Sudan’s markets in November 2025 showed continued, albeit uneven, stabilization. Prices of most essential commodities remained broadly stable, supported by seasonal harvest effects and improved availability. Wheat prices increased modestly due to slightly lower availability, while sorghum prices remained low and stable. Prices of lentils and rice were largely unchanged, pigeon pea prices declined, and vegetable prices showed mixed trends with improvements in onion availability and quality. Oilseeds, sugar, cooking oil, and fava bean prices were generally stable or declining, despite persistent inter-state disparities. Meat prices continued to rise for lamb and beef, while chicken prices stabilized and milk prices declined. Fuel prices stabilized following earlier volatility, with improved availability in regular markets, though parallel market prices remained high. Fertilizer prices were stable, but perceived availability declined. Exchange rate pressures persisted, marked by a widening gap between official and parallel rates. Market functioning improved, with fewer merchants reporting supply chain, financial, and liquidity constraints, and minimal challenges related to storage, power, labor, and market safety. Profitability stabilized, tax and fee payments increased further, and most merchants expect to maintain current trading levels, signaling cautious but stable market outlooks.

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2025

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Abushama, Hala; Rakhy, Tarig; Mohamed, Shima; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Adam, Abdelhafiz; Siddig, Khalid

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Abushama, Hala; Rakhy, Tarig; Mohamed, Shima; Nigus, Halefom Yigzaw; Adam, Abdelhafiz; and Siddig, Khalid. 2025. Essential commodities prices, availability, and market actors’ perceptions: November 2025. Sudan Market Prices and Availability Report 10. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/179395

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Sudan

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Africa; Northern Africa; Capacity Building; Commodities; Prices; Markets; Price Stabilization; Economic Stabilization

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English

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Open Access

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Climate risks and agricultural changes in conflict-affected Myanmar

2025Minten, Bart; van Asselt, Joanna; Aung, Zin Wai; Goeb, Joseph
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Climate risks and agricultural changes in conflict-affected Myanmar

Climate change and conflict are increasingly shaping livelihoods in Myanmar, with agricultural households among the most directly affected. Yet, empirical evidence on how these stressors affect farmers’ adaptation strategies and agricultural assets remains limited. We draw on unique largescale primary surveys: Over a three-year period, we conducted bi-annual surveys with nearly 5,000 farmers, collecting data on exposure to conflict, natural risks, climate change perceptions, agricultural adaptation, and agricultural land valuation.

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2025

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Minten, Bart; van Asselt, Joanna; Aung, Zin Wai; Goeb, Joseph

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Minten, Bart; van Asselt, Joanna; Aung, Zin Wai; and Goeb, Joseph. 2025. Climate risks and agricultural changes in conflict-affected Myanmar. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 72. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/178197

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Myanmar

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Asia; South-eastern Asia; Climate Change; Risk; Conflicts; Climate-smart Agriculture; Agriculture

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar, 2021-2024: Findings from eight rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey

2025Tauseef, Salauddin; Linn, Khin Mar; Oo, Theingi
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The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar, 2021-2024: Findings from eight rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey

This working paper explores the state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar using eight rounds of nationally representative household panel data collected from December 2021 to December 2024. Overall, the state of food security and nutrition has deteriorated in Myanmar from 2021-2024. More than three percent of households were in moderate to severe hunger in September-December 2024. Hunger was highest in Kachin (6.5 percent), followed by Kayah (6.3 percent) and Chin (6.0 percent) in the latest survey round. Households with a low Food Consumption Score increased from 9.4 percent in December 2021-February 2022 to 14.2 percent in August-November 2023 and remained high at 14.2 percent in October-December 2024. The shares in October-December 2024 were highest in Chin (34.6 percent), Kayah (25.4 percent), and Shan (19.3 percent). Inadequate diet diversity among adults rose from 20.5 percent to 26.0 percent between December 2021-February 2022 to October-December 2024. Women saw a faster decline in diet quality (7.3 percentage points increase in poor diet quality compared to 3.2 percentage points for men). Decreases in diet quality among adults were driven by lower consumption of animal sourced food and vegetables. In the latest round of the survey, 30.7 percent of all children aged 6-23 months and 21.3 percent of all children aged 6-59 months had inadequate diet quality. Of note during October-December 2024, urban households faced greater food insecurity than rural households, with higher hunger rates (3.5 percent vs. 2.8 percent), and lower dietary diversity among both adults (26.0 percent vs. 25.0 percent) and children aged 6–59 months (23.2 percent vs. 20.4 percent). Regression analysis reveals low income and limited assets to be important risk factors for food security and adequate diet quality. Wage workers and low wage communities were particularly vulnerable. Rising food prices, conflict and physical insecurity increase the likelihood of poor diet quality. Receiving remittances was a source of resilience; remittance-receiving households were less likely to experience hunger or poor dietary diversity at the household, adult, and child level. To avert a full-blown nutrition crisis in Myanmar, effective multisectoral steps are required to protect nutritionally vulnerable populations. Expanded implementation of nutrition- and gendersensitive social protection programs, including maternal and child cash transfers, particularly to vulnerable groups is called for. Further, given the importance of remittances as an effective coping mechanism, supporting migration and the flow of remittances would help to improve the welfare of the Myanmar population.

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2025

Authors

Tauseef, Salauddin; Linn, Khin Mar; Oo, Theingi

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Tauseef, Salauddin; Linn, Khin Mar; and Oo, Theingi. 2025. The state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar, 2021-2024: Findings from eight rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey. Myanmar SSP Working Paper 67. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/175339

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Myanmar

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Asia; South-eastern Asia; Food Security; Nutrition; Diet Quality; Income; Conflicts; Food Prices; Remittances

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English

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Open AccessCC-BY-4.0

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The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth
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June 18, 2024, 9:30 – 11:00 am

The Unjust Climate: Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth

Virtual Event: June 18, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This event will discuss key results from the report and hear from policymakers, practitioners, and partners on how they are working to generate relevant evidence and make a difference on the ground.   

Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems
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June 6, 2024, 9:30 – 11:00 am

Tackling the Hidden Costs of our Food Systems

Hybrid Event: June 6, 2024 at 9:30am-11:00am EDT. This event will have a discussion on the hidden costs of food systems and the remedies to reduce economic burdens, while moving toward more sustainable, health-promoting, and socially inclusive food systems.

The future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation
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February 1, 2023, 10:00 – 11:15 am

The future of food and agriculture – Drivers and triggers for transformation

Virtual Event: February 1, 2023 – 10:00 AM- 11:15 AM EST. This policy seminar, co-organized by FAO, IFPRI, and the CGIAR Research Initiative on Foresight, offers an opportunity to hear from the report’s authors and engage with a group of panel discussants on challenges facing food and agriculture.

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Applying the Women's Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity
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May 07, 2025

Applying the Women’s Empowerment Metric in National Statistical Systems (WEMNS) to build gender equity

By Emily Myers, Jessica Heckert, Hazel Malapit, Agnes Quisumbing, Flor Paz, Chiara Brunelli, and Chiara Gnetti

A tool to collect key data sometimes missing from household surveys.

Urgent need to strengthen local governance for improved urban agrifood systems
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July 18, 2024

Urgent need to strengthen local governance for improved urban agrifood systems

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Insights from the new report by the UN High-Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition.

Unleashing the power of young agripreneurs
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December 06, 2022

Unleashing the power of young agripreneurs

By Steven Franzel, Kristin Davis, Johanna Gammelgaard, and John Preissing

A key to improving economic prospects in rural areas around the world.

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