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Journal article
“It doesn’t matter at all—we are family”: Titling and joint property rights in Myanmar

Many policy makers and academics striving for more gender equality consider joint property rights as preferable over sole rights, since the latter often discriminate against women. Several governments in low-, middle- and high-income countries have therefore imposed joint rights through modifications of statutory law or mandatory joint property registration. We...
Myanmar
2024 - International Food Policy Research Institute IFPRI

Report
Good agricultural practices (GAP)

Sesame (Sesamum Indicum)
Thorough reviews of Myanmar GAP guidelines 2018 and ASEAN GAP standards were conducted. Collaborative GAP situational analysis identified gaps in knowledge, access, and efficiency in inputs and service provision. Extensive secondary research, farmer discussions, and stakeholder insights provided a strong basis for sesame GAP upgrade. GAP promotion aims for systematic, field-based,...
Myanmar
2023 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Article
Agroecological initiatives in the Mekong Region: a systematic literature review and mapping reveals their implications for transitioning to sustainable food systems

In the Mekong Region, agroecological approaches provide a niche alternative to the dominant traditional or intensive farming systems. We conducted a synthesis of current evidence on agroecological interventions by means of a systematic literature review and mapping of case studies in Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, and Myanmar. The majority of...
Cambodia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Myanmar - Viet Nam
2023

Journal article
Myanmar: Fate Snatched Away

Political turmoil following a military coup has robbed small-scale fisherfolk in Myanmar of their decade-long success in making democracy work for them. The governance of Myanmar’s inland and coastal fisheries underwent reforms in favour of small-scale fisheries (SSF) and fishing communities in the period between 2010 and 2020. This happened through...
Myanmar
2022 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Blog article
Myanmar food security crisis: FAO and the Central Emergency Response Fund are enabling vulnerable farmers to feed themselves and their communities

Myanmar is facing a rapidly growing food security crisis where 13.2 million people are already food insecure. Ongoing violence, economic crisis, recurrent climate-induced shocks, population displacement and COVID-19, among other factors, are disrupting the entire national food system. Against this backdrop, protecting the livelihoods of smallholder farmers to enable them to produce their own food is a frontline...
Myanmar
2022 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

Magazine article
Strengthening Labour Rights and Representation of Smallholder Farmers in Myanmar

As the eldest daughter of a farmer, Ti Chia Pan grew up helping her parents grow bananas and vegetables in the village of Nanphalong, Temu, at the border between Myanmar and India. Her experience in the field gave her first-hand insight into the plight of farmers. ‘Ever since I was young,...
Myanmar
2021 - AFFM

Blog article
Myanmar: A race to avoid increasing food insecurity

Millions of people in Myanmar are expected to become hungry over the coming six months as food insecurity is predicted to rise sharply and plunge the country into a food crisis. In the wake of political and financial instability, an increasing number of people are facing uncertainty as job losses...
Myanmar
2021 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Practices
Rapid composting methods: use of Effective Micro-organisms (EM)

The potential of composting to turn on-farm waste materials into a farm resource makes it an attractive proposition. Composting offers several benefits such as enhanced soil fertility and soil health, thereby increased agricultural productivity, improved soil biodiversity, reduced ecological risks and creating a better environment. While traditional composting procedures take...
Myanmar
2020 - The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO TECA

Policy brief/paper
Nourishing Life – Territories of life & food sovereignty

Drawing on practical examples from eight countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America, this Policy Brief focuses on the contributions that the territories and areas governed, managed and conserved by custodian indigenous peoples and local communities — ‘ICCAs – territories of life’ — make to food sovereignty and how,...
Colombia - Indonesia - Iran (Islamic Republic of) - Malaysia - Mexico - Myanmar - Peru - Senegal - Spain
2020 - ICCA Consortium, Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience at Coventry University and CENESTA, Tehran

Journal article
Rice diversity and farmers’ preferences for varietal attributes in Myanmar

Myanmar falls within the center of the genetic diversity of many economically important crops, including wild and cultivated rice (Oryza sativa L.). However, the majority of the genetic resources of Myanmar, particularly local varieties, and their distribution remain poorly understood. The present study was conducted to investigate the on-farm varietal diversity...
Myanmar
2020 - Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Journal article
Myanmar: Spreading the Net

A planned national network will share information and knowledge on the SSF Guidelines to a wider audience of fishery-related stakeholders. In Myanmar, limited access to natural resources and financial capital has resulted in many fisherfolk struggling to maintain even basic living standards. They are left with little opportunity to move out...
Myanmar
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Newsletter article
Myanmar: Women’s empowerment through climate action

In Myanmar, FAO’s FishAdapt project is strengthening the adaptive capacity and resilience of fisheries-and aquaculture-dependent livelihoods. Women’s empowerment and gender equality have been recognized as necessary conditions for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development. The SDG Goal 5 – ‘Achieve gender equality...
Myanmar
2020 - The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)

Project
Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) project

Financed by the French Development Agency (AFD) and the European Commission, with a budget of 12 million euros, and orchestrated by Group for Research and Technology Exchanges (GRET), with scientific coordination by the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD), the far-reaching five-year project Agroecology and Safe Food System Transitions (ASSET) will involve 27 partners in...
Cambodia - Lao People's Democratic Republic - Myanmar - Viet Nam
2020 - GRET, CIRAD, FAO

Report
National agrifood systems and COVID-19 in Myanmar

Effects, policy responses, and long-term implications
This report describes: (i) policy measures enacted by the Government of Myanmar to contain the spread of the virus; (ii) policies and measures to stabilize the functioning of agri-food systems; (iii) potential effects of policies on agri-food systems and vulnerable groups. Finally, the profile also assesses longer-term options for agri-food...
Myanmar
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

Newsletter
FAO Myanmar Newsletter

Welcome to the fourth edition of our newsletter in 2020 which, as usual, provides information about our work in Myanmar. Since the resurgence of COVID-19 cases in late August, the government has set more protective measures in force in almost every state and region. This reaches you therefore as the...
Myanmar
2020 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Blog article
AFFM facilitates selling of farmer members’ produce to trade union members in industrial zones

YANGON, MYANMAR – “Hitting two birds with one stone” is how we can describe this initiative of the AFFM, the AFOSP-APFP partner farmers’ organization in Myanmar, to help their members during this time of the COVID-19 pandemic. AFFM, one of the sectorial affiliates of CTUM, has more than 528 Basic Level Unions...
Myanmar
2020 - Asian Farmers' Association (AFA) for Sustainable Rural Development

Blog article
Myanmar and UN’s FAO agree a wide-ranging framework to improve nutrition and food security

The Government of Myanmar and the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today signed a multi-year framework agreement that will create an enabling environment to improve nutrition and food security in Myanmar, while safeguarding and sustainably managing the use of natural resources. The Country Programming Framework (CPF) was signed by U...
Myanmar
2019 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FAO

Article
Inspiring a Community to Do Organic Farming and Mushroom Cultivation

Sagain, Myanmar – Chan Law is a Naga ethnic form Sagain Division, Lay Shi Township, Panset Village, Myanmar. Currently, he lives in Naw Phu village. Law comes from a family of farmers. Since he was a child, he had been helping farm his parents’ land. In 2010, He graduated with...
Myanmar
2018 - Agriculture and Farmer Federation of Myanmar

Video
“Small-scale Aquaculture Extension Project” in Myanmar

The efforts of Department of Fisheries (DOF) to promote small-scale aquaculture as "Farmer to Farmer Extension Approach (FTF)" through the Project for Small-scale Aquaculture Extension for Promotion of Livelihood of Rural Communities in Central Dry Zone (SAEP in CDZ). The project activities are not only to promote farmer's aquaculture...
Myanmar
2018 - JICA

Video
YOF Journey of Hope 3: Home (Myanmar)

The following video is the story of Mr Ko Kyaw Kyaw, a farmer in Maubin Township, Ayeyarwady, Myanmar. Short movie produced by Towards Organic Asia (TOA) with support from ALiSEA Small Grant
Myanmar
2018 - ALiSEA Mekong
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