Myanmar

The capital and main city is Yangon.
The official language is Burmese
Area: 261,228 sq mi (approx. 3x the size of the State of Michigan)
Population approx. 52 million in 2014
Climate: Myanmar lies in the monsoon region of Asia, with its coastal regions receiving over 5,000 mm (196.9 in) of rain annually

Fun Fact: Myanmar has the largest book in the world. The book is situated in Kuthodaw pagoda in Mandalay. It has 1460 pages and 730 leaves. Each page is 107cm (3.51 ft) wide, 13cm (5.1 in) thick and 153cm (5.02 ft) tall!

Main Research Themes

News

Tough Questions

Published on January 16, 2025
A webinar series by MSU’s Food Security Group exploring critical issues in international development research, featuring leading experts tackling ethics, policy pipelines, A.I. impacts, and more.
Anticipate, Mitigate, Monitor: A Rapid Research Response for COVID-19 Policy Guidance in Myanmar’s Agrifood System

Published on October 1, 2020
Prepared by Joseph Goeb, Mywish Maredia, and Duncan Boughton on behalf of the Myanmar Agricultural Support Activity (MAPSA) research team
FSP Leaves a Major Impact on Myanmar and its Young Agricultural Researchers

Published on November 22, 2019
AFRE researchers in the FSP program spent 5 years studying Myanmar's agricultural transformation in an effort to inform policy and promote the country's research capacity.
“One Team” Approach to Accelerating Technology Adoption in Myanmar

Published on May 16, 2018
Combining farmer, research and extension expertise toward a sustainable and profitable agricultural sector in Myanmar
Fish Farming Value Chain in Image

Published on March 21, 2018
A value chain is the entire series of activities and transactions needed to make a product and deliver it to consumers. See what it looks like with fish farming (aquaculture) in Myanmar.

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Publications and Presentations

Farmer demand for certified legume seeds and the viability of farmer seed enterprises: Evidence from Myanmar

Published on December 27, 2022
Win, M. T., Maredia, M. K., & Boughton, D. (2022). Farmer demand for certified legume seeds and the viability of farmer seed enterprises: Evidence from Myanmar. Food Security.
Hybrid livelihoods: Maize and agrarian transformation in Southeast Asia's uplands

Published on October 3, 2022
Belton, B., & Fang, P. (2022). Hybrid livelihoods: Maize and agrarian transformation in Southeast Asia’s uplands. Journal of Rural Studies, 95, 521–532.
Preferences for pandemic recovery policies: Perspectives of Myanmar agri-food system participants

Published on September 6, 2022
Maredia, M. K., Goeb, J., Ortega, D. L., Synt, N. L. K., & Zu, A. M. (2022). Preferences for pandemic recovery policies: Perspectives of Myanmar agri‐food system participants. Journal of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
Urban food prices under lockdown: evidence from Myanmar's traditional food retail sector during COVID-19,

Published on March 9, 2022
Goeb, J., Maredia, M., Win, K.z., Masias, I., Lambrecht, I., Boughton D., & Minten, B. (2022). Urban food prices under lockdown: evidence from Myanmar's traditional food retail sector during COVID-19. Applied Economics.
Food prices, processing, and shocks: Evidence from rice and COVID-19

Published on October 12, 2021
Goeb, Joseph; Zone, Phoo Pye; Synt, Nang Lun Kham; Zu, A Myint; Tang, Yulu; and Minten, Bart. (2021). Food prices, processing, and shocks: Evidence from rice and COVID-19. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 73(2): 338-355.