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A food outlook report explains the past, current, and future situation of various crops in a specific geographical location.
In situations with imperfect information, the way that value chain actors perceive each other is an important determinant of the value chain's structure and performance.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – September 2021 survey
To understand the effects of COVID-19 and political instability on Myanmar’s crop trade sector, a phone survey of commodity traders was conducted in September 2021.
Key Findings
Large-scale government interventions in cereal markets supported by public stocks have been a central part of food policy in the Indian sub-content since the days of British colonial India.
National and household food security in Bangladesh have been greatly enhanced over the past two decades by policies that have allowed a major public foodgrain distribution and relatively large pub-lic stocks to co-exist with private sector trade.
Private sector rice stocks in Bangladesh: Estimates from the Bangladesh Millers’ and Traders’ Survey (MATS) 2018
Bangladesh has a complex rice value chain consisting of farmers, upstream paddy wholesalers and intermediaries, millers, and downstream rice traders, wholesalers and retailers.
Liberalise trade in machines
On July 15, the Centre issued a notification moving power tillers (PT) and their components from the “free” to “restricted” category indicating a clear intent to provide protection to the domestic industry.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural commodity traders - May 2021 survey round
To understand how Myanmar’s crop marketing system has been affected by political instability, phone interviews were conducted in May with 78 agricultural commodity traders.
Key Findings:
Food trade openness and enhancement of food security: Partial equilibrium model simulations for selected countries
This research measured the welfare impacts of food trade liberalization in India, Egypt, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) using the partial equilibrium model—World Integrated Trade Solution (WITS).
The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has presented a unique challenge to governments across the globe, reinforcing the need to improve understanding of domestic and international trade trends to provide more informed options for policy response.
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development.
Impacts of COVID‐19 induced income and rice price shocks on household welfare in Papua New Guinea: Household model estimates
Concerns over the potential effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic have led to trade restrictions by major rice exporters, contributing to an average 25% increase in Thai and Vietnamese rice export prices between December 2019 and March–September 2020.
Regional developments: Central Asia
Central Asia faced unprecedented challenges in 2020 as the global pandemic compounded existing problems facing the region.
Regional developments: Central Asia [in Russian}
В 2020 году страны Центральной Азии столкнулись с беспрецедентными вызовами, поскольку глобальная пандемия усугубила существующие в регионе проблемы.
This report provides an update on the short-term impacts of COVID-19 on the Malawian economy in light of the sharp increase in COVID-19 cases in December 2020 and January 2021.
2020 Annual Report
Cutting-edge research informing policies, programs, and interventions to end hunger and poverty across the globe, including a special section on IFPRI’s analysis of the impacts of COVID-19.
PRCI trade flow analysis training: Lecture 6: Analyzing trade flows in Myanmar using BACI dataset
Trade flow among the countries determines the economic benefits countries gain from trade. For many Asian developing countries, agricultural and food trade is an important engine for agricultural growth.