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The fifth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS)–a nationwide phone panel consisting of 12,953 households–was implemented between March, 2023 and June, 2023.
The sixth round of the MHWS was carried out between October 12, 2022, and December 30, 2022. In the fourth round, 12,924 households responded to the survey.
Access to agricultural extension and crop advisory services can play a crucial role in ensuring widespread and appropriate use of new and improved agricultural technologies, but the delivery and use of such services is not well understood in Myanm
Livelihoods and Welfare: Findings from the sixth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (June – November 2023)
The sixth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between the end of August and November 2023.
Predicting climate smart agriculture (CSA) practices using machine learning: A prime exploratory survey
The paper aim and novelty is the development of technology-based tools able of providing realistic insights on farmers’ future adaptation decisions by developing an ML algorithm to predict Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) practices and highlight mo
The relationships between optimal infant feeding practices and child development and attained height at age 2 years and 6–7 years
Limited evidence exists on the long-term effects of early feeding practices on child growth and development. We examined the relationships between infant feeding practices and child height and development at ages 2 and 6–7 years.
Shocks and coping: Findings from the sixth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (June – November 2023)
The sixth round of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS), a nationally and regionally representative phone survey, was implemented between August and November 2023.
The importance and determinants of purchases in rural food consumption in Africa: implications for food security strategies
Those who leave and those who stay: Individual migration in Myanmar during a time of crisis
Drawing on data from five rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey (MHWS) collected between December 2021 and June 2023 with more than 12,000 respondents per round, this report analyzes individual migration, migration in which one or a few h
Remittances have emerged as an important source of income for households in post-coup Myanmar.
Growth patterns of preterm and small for gestational age children during the first 10 years of life
Background: Preterm and small for gestational age (SGA) remain significant public health concerns worldwide. Yet limited evidence exists on their growth patterns during childhood from low-or middle-income countries.
Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research
Food environments are a critical place within the food system to implement interventions aimed at enabling sustainable diets.
Dairy consumption and household diet quality in East Africa: Evidence from survey-based simulation models
Food price inflation in East and Southeast Asia: Situation, driving forces, and the outlook
Food price inflation has raised concerns about food insecurity and systemic crises in East and Southeast Asia, given the region’s population size, economic significance, and role in the international food market.
Background The Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) is a rapid dietary assessment tool designed to enable feasible measuring and monitoring of diet quality at population level in the general public.
Characterization of MSME outlet types in Viet Nam
During 2023, researchers from Work Package 2 (WP2) of the Sustainable Healthy Diets through Food Systems Transformation (SHiFT) initiative conducted three linked surveys to learn more about micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) that current