Crop traders link farms with food processors and exporters. However, the pandemic has disrupted their normal operations. What policies can improve business conditions for traders and mitigate COVID-19 effects for farmers and consumers?
New evidence on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar
A severe second wave of COVID-19 infections has led to lockdowns since mid-September—the second set of strict controls imposed after the initial outbreak in the spring. Derek Headey and colleagues have monitored monthly trends in poverty and food insecurity, and found the lockdowns have dramatic impacts.
COVID-19 and business responses: How are Yangon’s poultry farmers adapting to the pandemic? (August)
Though the poultry sector stabilized recently, COVID-19 has had a lasting impact of continuing mismatches in supply and demand. Learn more about our recommendations to help Myanmar poultry farmers adapt to COVID-19.
Waves of disease, waves of poverty
This blog post by the Livelihoods and Food Security Fund highlights a new study from the International Food Policy Research Institute that reports evidence from urban Yangon and the rural dry zone and exposes a shocking increase in poverty.
Myanmar survey findings summarized (October 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 October findings.
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