Nearly half of mills report disruptions in making payments for paddy or receiving payments for rice, and 52 percent of mills consider banking disruptions as the most severe.
This section includes assessments on state of the agrifood system in Myanmar based on the Myanmar Agricultural Performance Survey (MAPS) and key informant phone surveys. MAPS is a nationally and sub-nationally representative phone survey, conducted every 6 months on approximately 5,000 farming households. Assessments in this section will examine input use and input prices, farm management practices, agricultural outputs and output prices, and the impacts of shocks on production. This will be complimented by assessments on key actors in the agrifood systems, such as mechanization service providers, agricultural input retailers, agricultural commodity traders, rice millers and food vendors.
Monitoring the Agri-food System in Myanmar: Food vendors – December 2021 survey round
Food price inflation is widespread throughout Myanmar, increasing by 19% nationally compared to last year. While the price of rice increased less than most other food products, fuel prices have almost doubled, and transportation costs have increased by approximately 60%.
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural crop traders – September 2021 survey
To understand the effects of COVID-19 and political instability on crop trade sector, MAPSA conducted a phone survey of commodity traders in September 2021.
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.
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