Publications

Monitoring the Agri-food System in Myanmar: Rice Millers – August 2023

Rice mills are the major link between farmers and consumers in the rice value chain. Disruptions to rice mills affect both rural rice-producing households and urban consumers. Researchers from the Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA) hav... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

Policy Note 51: Mitigating the impact of El Niño on hunger in Malawi

Abstract: We describe the likely impact of the recurrent climatic phenomenon of El Niño on maize production in Malawi. Drawing on four decades of historical data, we highlight that in seven out of eleven El Niño years, maize harvests in Malawi suffered... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

IFPRI Maize market report October 2023

The Monthly Maize Market Reports are developed by researchers at IFPRI Malawi, with the main goal of providing clear and accurate daily maize price data in selected markets throughout Malawi. The reports are intended as a resource for those interested ... Source: IFPRI Malawi: Malawi Strategy Support Program

Monitoring the Agri-food System in Myanmar: The Rising Costs of Diets and Declining Purchasing Power of Casual Wage Laborers: June 2020–August 2023

We assess changes in food prices and purchasing power of casual wage laborers based on largescale surveys of food vendors (fielded from June 2020 until August 2023) and households (fielded in 5 periods in 2022 and 2023) in rural and urban areas and in ... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in Myanmar 2022-23: Findings from Five Rounds of the Myanmar Household Welfare Survey

This working paper explores the state of food security and nutrition in Myanmar using 5 rounds of nationally representative household panel data collected from December 2021 to June 2023. Overall, the state of food security and nutrition has deteriorat... Source: IFPRI Myanmar – The Myanmar Strategy Support Program