Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights
December 2016
Myat Thida Win, Aye Mya Thinzar and A Myint Zu
Recent evidence suggests that the mechanization of agriculture is proceeding rapidly in areas of Myanmar close to the country’s major city, Yangon, as farmers -...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Policy Research Paper Brief 9
November 2015
Authors: Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan,
Thomas Reardon, and Duncan Boughton
Fish farming (aquaculture) is important to...
Since 2009, LIFT has been working to realise results-based, sustainable development programmes across Myanmar. LIFT, with its implementing partners, has generated a wealth of information through these experiences.
In 2017, LIFT is launching a series of learning papers known as the Legacy...
Simple, two-page flyer with information about LIFT and its projects. For use in 2021.
LAND TENURE IN RURAL LOWLAND MYANMAR
From historical perspectives to contemporary realities in the Dry zone and the Delta
M. Boutry, C. Allaverdian, M. Mellac, S. Huard, U San Thein, Tin Myo Win, Khin Pyae Sone
Of Lives and Land Myanmar research series
This...
LIFT is launching the second paper in its Legacy Series with The role of men in nutrition – lessons from the Delta RISE project.
Funded by LIFT, the Delta RISE project is addressing rural household incomes, economic opportunities, nutrition awareness and food diversification in...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Research Paper 8
December 2015
AQUACULTURE IN TRANSITION: VALUE CHAIN TRANSFORMATION, FISH AND FOOD SECURITY IN MYANMAR
By Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan, Thomas Reardon and Duncan...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Research Paper 20
September 2016
RURAL LIVELIHOODS IN MON STATE, MYANMAR: EVIDENCE FROM A REPRESENTATIVE HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
By Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Myat Thida Win, Aye Mya Thinzar, Zaw Min Naing, Mi...
Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Research Paper 35
November 2016
Food Security Policy Project (FSPP)
PROSPECTS FOR THE MYANMAR RUBBER SECTOR: AN ANALYSIS OF THE VIABILITY OF SMALLHOLDER PRODUCTION IN MON STATE
By Joanna van...
Leveraging Migration for Development: A Review of Literature on Patterns and Movements in Myanmar
WORKING PAPER
Shagun Gupta, Programme Analyst, Livelihoods and Food Security Trust (LIFT) Fund, UNOPS Myanmar
Migration in Myanmar: Perspectives from current research.
Produced by the Social Policy and Poverty Research Group, Yangon.
Editors: Dr Mike Griffiths and Michiko Ito.
This first-ever Agricultural Public Expenditure Review is an important step to deepen the policy dialogue on improving the impact of public services on agricultural growth and other developmental objectives. It covers the period from 2009/10 to 2016/17, analyzing the budgets of the Union...
Fishpond farming in Hakha Township is constrained by unsuitable flat land availability, unreliable water supply, competitive disadvantages in seed and feed supplies as compared to lowland aquaculture, as well as a low level of technical knowledge. Read more what the findings of this report are...
Assessing requirements for food and nutrition security in 24 villages of Hakha Township in Chin State through Concept Mapping methodology is a pilot action research study that is part of a three-year project implemented by the Myanmar Institute for Integrated Development (MIID) in partnership...
The Qualitative Social and Economic Mornitoring of Livelihoods in Myanmar (QSEM) research programme is longitudinal panel study of rural life in Myanmar. This report presents findings from the sixth and final round of research and incorporates work from previous research rounds to provide...
Food Security Policy Project Research
CREDIT ACCESS AND UTILIZATION IN AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE IN THE AYEYARWADY DELTA
By Lu Min Lwin and Khun Moe Htun
September 2016
Myanmar has one of the least developed financial systems in the world and poor access to credit...
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