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.
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 – 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 […]
Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Rice millers – June 2021 survey round
To understand the effects of recent economic and political disruptions on Myanmar’s rice sector, researchers from the Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA) conducted an additional round of a telephone survey of medium- and large-scale rice millers in June 2021. You can view the full research note in English here. Background Rice mills are the most […]
From paddy to bowl: How Myanmar’s rice mills are adapting to disruptions (January)
Rice mills are vital to Myanmar’s most important agricultural value chain and are the essential link between farmers and consumers. As such, any serious shock to rice mills will impact both rural rice-producing households and urban consumers.
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.
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