project paper

Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers – July 2021 survey round

by Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)

Myanmar SSP Research Note | 2021 | Pages: 10

DOI : https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134564

Open Access | CC BY-4.0

Citation

Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA). 2021. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Mechanization service providers – July 2021 survey round. Myanmar SSP Research Note 63. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134564

Mechanization service providers (MSPs) in Myanmar were originally interviewed by telephone in summer 2020, fall 2020, and June 2021, covering mostly combine-harvester service providers (CHSPs) and tractor service providers (TSPs), to determine how their businesses were being affected by COVID-19 related restrictions and political instability. The results of those surveys were published in Myanmar Strategy Support Program Policy Notes 07, 12, 17, 39, 43 and 59 respectively. To trace the continuing impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the current political and social conditions on their economic activities, a seventh phone survey of MSPs was conducted in late July 2021. This note reports on the results of the seventh survey as well as on some trends from earlier surveys.