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.
To assess the economic and food and nutrition security impacts of COVID-19 in Myanmar, IFPRI-Myanmar developed and implemented the Rural-Urban Food Security Survey (RUFSS), a household phone survey of approximately 2,000 mothers in urban and peri-urban Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city, and in the rural Dry Zone, an agricultural production area in the center of Myanmar. RUFSS was initiated in June 2020.
COVID-19 impact assessments for Myanmar
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Myanmar survey findings summarized (September 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 September findings.
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How COVID-19 affects agricultural production in the Dry Zone (June)
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.