Publications

Community perceptions of the agricultural impacts of Myanmar’s health and political crises: Insights from the National COVID 19 Community Survey – September 2021

This blog post highlights findings from 9 rounds of the National COVID-19 Community Survey. It focuses on agriculture and is based on the responses from communities engaged in agricultural production.

Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Maize farmers – Monsoon season phone surveys

Maize is the second most important crop in terms of value of production, accounting for 9 percent of total crop output annually. This blog presents highlights of indicators of monsoon maize production.

Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Rice millers – September 2021 survey round

Rice mills are the most important link between farmers and consumers in the rice value chain. It is important to monitor the shocks to milling as it will impact both farmers’ incomes and food security.

Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Food vendors – September 2021 survey round

This blog post presents highlights of the results from nine rounds of a telephone survey with food vendors conducted in rural and urban zones throughout Myanmar.

Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Food vendors – July 2021 survey round

Most food retail prices in July 2021 were found to be higher than in the same period in 2020. Retail prices of the cheapest variety of rice–by far the most important staple in Myanmar–have risen by 13 percent, on average. Relative to a year ago, national-level food price inflation in July 2021 stood at 7 […]