The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the impact of effective water management in rainfed crop cultivation as part of climate smart agriculture (CSA) in the Dry Zone. The hypothesis is that providing irrigation during the gap time reduces farmers' risks of crop failure and enables farmers...
The purpose of this study is to investigate the cost‐effectiveness of community managed village water supply systems in the Dry Zone. The results of this study will inform the WASH component as well as the social protection component in selecting suitable water sources and ways to let the...
This report explores ways to improve agriculture and the rural economy in Myanmar's Dry Zone. The results are based on information from almost 950 crop-producing households on area planted, quantities harvested and sold, and total crop production costs for the 13 predominant crops in the Dry...
This research highlight presents an overview of agricultural land ownership, distribution, use, and tenure for rural households in Southern Shan State, and how this has changed compared to the previous generation. All findings are from the Shan Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey (SHARES)...
Myanmar is in the midst of a process of rapid agricultural mechanization. Previous research has documented the demand side of agricultural machine use (Filipski et al. 2018), and mechanization outsourcing services (Belton et al. 2018) in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone – one of the country’s most...
Southern Shan is one of Myanmar’s most dynamic agroecological zones. It is also one to the most complex in terms of geography, ethnicity, and agricultural practices. Throughout Myanmar there is a dearth of reliable information on agriculture and the rural economy and the nature of changes...
Chin State is a very rugged and remote region, where much of the population still relies on subsistence farming as an essential part of their livelihoods. With ongoing land reforms in the past decade and years of out-migration, many new questions about land tenure in the state have been...
A synthesis of the extended report on changing land use in the area around Hakha, Chin State.
Chin State is a very rugged and remote region, where much of the population still relies on subsistence farming as an essential part of their livelihoods. With ongoing land reforms in the past...
A short leaflet which describes some of CORAD's work on value chains and access.
Farming systems of rural households in Hakha, Chin State have undergone an evolution due to social, political, and economic drivers that have occurred since pre-colonization. This study analyzes the evolution of the farming systems through a historical lens, and the potential impacts on the...
A leaflet providing basic information for improving rice yield, maximising resources, lowering input, and improving returns for growers.
Chin State agricultural systems are changing radically; Households are moving towards a cash oriented economy based on vegetables and perennials, while rice is becoming the key staple crop as in the rest of Myanmar. Also, the development of irrigation and concentration of settlements is creating...
A value chain analysis in three townships of Chin State: Falam, Thantalang, and Tedim. Though the study townships fall under a similar agro-climatic zone, there is significant difference in community cash crop preferences which is influenced by factors like socio-economic conditions of farmers,...
This publicaition is a cartoon decribing the main principles of the 2011 ILO Domestic Worker Convention. It puts the core concepts of the convention in the simplest terms in order to ensure that they are accessible to anyone. The convention is an international treaty that entitles domestic...
This guideline is a part of the ILO strategy to improve protection and enhance decent work for domestic workers. This book describes practical ways to contact domestic workers for support groups and how domestic workers can create a group themselves.
This Briefing Paper is the first in a series of Briefing papers providing technical input on particular migration issues being produced by the ILO Yangon supported by Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT). The briefing paper provides the international legal framework and guidelines...
This working paper provides an overview of international labour migration governance in Myanmar, detailing the most relevant actors and policies at Union/National level and how they presently do or do not intersect, coordinate, and cooperate together. It also discusses where and how the...
A study of various service provisions for survivors of gender-based violence provided by the state, NGOs and CSOs in Myanmar. The study also delves into the advantages and gaps that exist in these provisions, as well as recommendations to fill these gaps.
The relationship between health conditions and disabilities is complicated. Whether a
health condition, interacting with contextual factors, will result in disability is
determined by inter-related factors. Often the interaction of several conditions rather
than a single one...
