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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s agricultural commodity traders – May 2020

Crop traders serve as the intermediary in Myanmar’s food supply chain. They form important links between farms and food processors, exporters, and other downstream actors. However, because many of these traders purchase agricultural commodities directl... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Structural change and women’s employment potential in Myanmar

Women have played an active role in Myanmar’s labor force during a period of massive structural change and their growing importance is substantiated by their increasing involvement in manufacturing jobs near and away from home. In their research, Valer... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s agricultural equipment retailers

Agricultural equipment retailers (ERs) play an essential role in meeting the demand for machines and equipment needed for Myanmar’s agricultural production. However, ERs can be particularly sensitive to disruptions in trade flows which affect their inv... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s agricultural input retailers

Agricultural input retailers play a key role in Myanmar’s agri-food system by supplying farmers with fertilizer, seed, pesticides, and other inputs necessary for successful harvests. Because farm-level input use is an important driver of yields for all... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s mechanization service providers

Agricultural mechanization service providers (MSP) are crucial to enabling smallholder farmers to undertake a range of power-intensive farm and post-harvest operations in a timely manner. In their research, Hiroyuki Takeshima, Myat Thida Win, and Ian M... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program