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The state of food security and nutrition has deteriorated in Myanmar

Four percent of households were in moderate to severe hunger in October/December 2022. Hunger was highest in Chin (10 percent), Mon (6.8 percent), and Kayin (6 percent). Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

The rising costs of diets and declining purchasing power of casual wage laborers

The cost of the healthy diet rose by 72 percent and the common diet by 82 percent over the full period (June 2020 - February 2023). Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

2023 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT: RETHINKING FOOD CRISIS RESPONSES

Increasingly frequent and complex food crises are driving up the numbers of hungry and displaced people, compounding the urgent need to rethink crisis responses now. Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

PEB Launch – Speaker Bios

Kibrom Abay Kibrom A. Abay is a Country Program Leader/Research Fellow in the Development Strategy and Governance Unit at IFPRI, based in Cairo. He is a development and agricultural economist with research interests covering rural development, agricult... Source: IFPRI Egypt Country Office

New Publication: Private transfers, public transfers, and food insecurity during the time of COVID-19: Evidence from Bangladesh

New Publication In April 2023, IFPRI researchers Akhter Ahmed, M. Mehrab Bakhtiar, Daniel O. Gilligan, John Hoddinott, and Shalini Roy published the open access article, "Private transfers, public transfers, and food insecurity during the time of COVID... Source: IFPRI Bangladesh Country Office