As a result of recent political reforms, Myanmar has the opportunity to enact major policy changes to reinvigorate its … agriculture sector. In this context, Myanmar's rubber sector has the potential to become an even greater source of export earnings … are needed in all three areas. If these weaknesses are addressed, however, Myanmar's new investments will be profitable …

This paper aims to provide a better understanding of Myanmar's agricultural export performance against its competitors … in different regions and determine the policy actions for improving Myanmar's export performance. The normalized revealed … comparative advantage (NRCA) index is computed to compare the agricultural competitiveness between Myanmar and its competitors …

Despite significant poverty reduction over the past decade, undernutrition in Myanmar remains widespread. Food prices … national household food expenditure data to assess dietary patterns and estimate regional costs of nutritious diets in Myanmar … the Myanmar population lived in households with food expenditure below the CoRD-FP, compared to 70 percent in 2010. Even …

Myanmar's rice and rice prices. In mid-2016, however, China stopped rice imports through the main land entry point, putting … parameters and a simple model of Myanmar's rice supply and demand, suggests that market prices would fall by 26 to 43 percent or … decline in prices could have seriously harmed Myanmar's rice producers, including many poor farmers with marketable surpluses …

qualitative understanding of gender norms in rural households in Myanmar, we challenge common interpretations that have been …

In this paper, we address the question of market integration of Myanmar with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations … “Competition Indices” to assess the nature and extent of the integration. This study highlights the exports of Myanmar which are …) would indicate an opportunity for higher returns for agricultural producers. In the case of Myanmar, “dried legumes and …

This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar …. This research was designed to test characterizations of hybrid maize farming from the literature on Myanmar empirically …

irrigation sites in the central dry zone in Myanmar to help diagnose, design, and test interventions to enhance the Myanmar …

in Myanmar, where the majority of MSP and MER are relatively new and potentially vulnerable to these economic shocks …