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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on rice millers in Myanmar (October)

Rice mills are vital to Myanmar’s agricultural value chains and disruptions to them will impact rural rice-producing households and urban consumers. In this blog post, IFPRI researchers discuss challenges and policy opportunities for rice mills.

How has the pandemic affected Myanmar’s agricultural equipment retailers? (November)

Agricultural equipment retailers play an essential role in meeting the demand for machines and equipment needed for Myanmar’s agricultural production. Learn more about how the COVID-19 crisis is affecting this key sector.

How COVID-19 affects agricultural production in the Dry Zone (October)

COVID-19 has drastically affected agricultural production and livelihoods in Myanmar. In this blog post, IFPRI researchers measure the impacts by surveying farming communities in the Dry Zone. With this information, they offer policy recommendations to help Myanmar farmers.

COVID-19’s impacts on Myanmar’s agri-food system

Since April 2020, the International Food Policy Research Institute, with Michigan State University, has undertaken analyses of secondary data combined with regular phone surveys of actors in Myanmar’s agri-food system to better understand the impacts of COVID-19.

Myanmar survey findings summarized (November 2020)

IFPRI-Myanmar and partners are conducting a number of surveys monitoring the impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s food security. The following is a summary compiled by the Agriculture and Rural Development Sector Coordination Group (ARDSCG) of the November findings.