Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)
Principal Investigator
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Duncan Boughton
Professor
boughton@msu.edu
co-PIs/Research team
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Ben Belton
Associate Professor
beltonbe@msu.edu
+95 925-107-2892
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Joseph Goeb
Assistant Professor
goebjose@msu.edu
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Mywish Maredia
Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602
Overview
The Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA) is the flagship program of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program (Myanmar SSP).
Objective
To improve governance in the agricultural sector, through building national capacity to prioritize and implement strategic organizational and policy reforms that improve food and nutrition security in Myanmar; and facilitating broad stakeholder participation in policy dialogue and advocacy.
Start Date
October 1, 2019
Anticipated End Date
December 31, 2024
Funding
- CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
- United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Partnering institutions
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Publications
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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. -
Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals.
Published on May 1, 2021
Fang, Peixun; Belton, Ben; Zhang, Xiaobo; and Ei Win, Hnin. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals. Agricultural Systems, 190. -
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
Published on May 1, 2021
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development. -
Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Production and Food Systems in Late Transforming Southeast Asia: The Case of Myanmar.
Published on March 1, 2021
Boughton, D., J. Goeb, I. Lambrecht, et al. (2021). Impacts of COVID-19 on Agricultural Production and Food Systems in Late Transforming Southeast Asia: The Case of Myanmar. Journal of Agricultural Systems, 188. -
Agriculture and the Rural Economy: The Struggle to Transform Rural Livelihoods. In A. Simpson, & N. Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy, and Society (Chapter 10)
Published on November 12, 2020
Boughton, D., Okamoto, I., Mark, S.S., Oo, H.T., Myint, T., & Thawnghmung, A.M. (2020). Agriculture and the Rural Economy: The Struggle to Transform Rural Livelihoods. In A. Simpson, & N. Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy, and Society (Ch. 10). -
Emigration and Rising Wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State
Published on December 5, 2019
Filipski, Mateusz, Hak Lim Lee, Aung Hein, and Ulrike Nischan. "Emigration and Rising Wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State." The Journal of Development Studies (2019): 1-18. -
Myanmar's Rural Revolution: Mechanization and Structural Transformation
Published on November 1, 2018
Myat Thida Win, Ben Belton, and Xiaobo Zhang, 2018. Chapter in Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics,edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly, and Chit Win (Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018). -
Myanmar's Fisheries in Transition: Current Status and Opportunities for Policy Reform
Published on November 1, 2018
Xavier Tezzo, Ben Belton, Gareth Johnstone, Martin Callow, 2018. Myanmar's fisheries in transition: Current status and opportunities for policy reform, Marine Policy 97 (2018) 91-100 -
Resilience through Risk Management: Cooperative Insurance in Small-holder Aquaculture Systems
Published on September 27, 2018
James R. Watson, Fredrik Armerin, Dane H.Klinger, Ben Belton, 2018. Heliyon -
Emerging Trends in Aquaculture Value Chain Research
Published on September 5, 2018
Simon R. Busha, Ben Belton, David C. Little, Md Saidul Islam, 2018. Emerging Trends in Aquaculture Value Chain Research, Aquaculture 498 (2019) 428–434 -
Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy
Published on May 15, 2018
Mateusz Filipski (IFPRI) and Ben Belton (MSU), 2018. Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy, World Development 110 (2018) 205–223 -
Fish Farms and Land Confiscation in the Ayeyarwady Delta: History, Impact and Prospects for Restitution
Published on August 3, 2017
SiuSue Mark. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 44. -
The Emerging Quiet Revolution in Myanmar’s Aquaculture Chain
Published on June 21, 2017
Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Aye Sandar Phyoe, Thomas Reardon. 2017. The Emerging Quiet Revolution in Myanmar's Aquaculture Chain. Aquaculture. June 21, 2017 -
Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish Farm Technology, Production Economics and Management
Published on May 1, 2017
Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski and Chaoran Hu. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 37. -
Aquaculture in Myanmar: fish farm technology, production economics and management
Published on April 4, 2017
Belton, B., Filipski, M., & Hu, C. (2017). Aquaculture in Myanmar: fish farm technology, production economics and management (No. 1879-2017-1954). -
Improving Land Governance for More Equitable Fish Farm Development in Myanmar
Published on April 1, 2017
Ben Belton. 2017.Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 33. -
Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods: Toward a Rural Development Strategy for Mon State, Myanmar
Published on September 1, 2016
IDWP 146. Multiple Authors from: Center for Economic and Social Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Michigan State University. September 2016 -
Rural Livelihoods in Mon State: Evidence from a Representative Household Survey
Published on August 3, 2016
Aung Hein, et al. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 20A. -
Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods
Published on July 2, 2016
CESD, IFPRI and MSU. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 17.