Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

News

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  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

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  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.

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  FSP Research Featured in The Economist

  Published on September 13, 2019
  Research by AFRE graduate student Myat Thida Win and Associate Professor Ben Belton regarding agricultural mechanization in Myanmar has been featured in The Economist. This research was funded by the Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy.

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  Seminar on Myanmar’s Rural Transformation at MSU

  Published on May 16, 2019
  Dr. Ben Belton, will be discussing recent findings of large scale surveys implemented by FSP in Myanmar and the need for policies in order to support successful livelihood diversification and leverage greater value from existing agri-food value chains.

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  Myanmar's Rural Revolution: Mechanization & Structural Transformation

  Published on November 1, 2018
  What's the disconnect between evidence of a dynamic and rapidly transforming economy, and the widely reported low levels of agricultural mechanization? by Myat Thida Win, Ben Belton, and Xiaobo Zhang.

Publications and Presentations

• 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).

• Variety Adoption and Demand for Quality Seed in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar

  Published on August 17, 2020
  D. Boughton, S. Makhija, M. Maredia,... , 2020. Variety Adoption and Demand for Quality Seed in the Central Dry Zone of Myanmar, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for FSP Research Paper 179. East Lansing: Michigan State University

• Commercial Poultry and Pig Farming in Yangon's Peri-Urban Zone

  Published on June 4, 2020
  Ben Belton, Ame Cho, Ellen Payongayong, Kristi Mahrt, Eric Abaidoo, 2020. Commercial Poultry and Pig Farming in Yangon's Peri-Urban Zone, FSP Research Paper 174.

• Maize and Pigeon Pea Production, Profitability, and Tied Credit in Southern Shan State

  Published on June 2, 2020
  Peixun Fang and Ben Belton, 2020. Maize and Pigeon Pea Production, Profitability, and Tied Credit in Southern Shan State, FSP Research Paper 173.

• Growth and Transformation in Off- Farm Segments of the Maize Value Chain in Shan State

  Published on December 9, 2019
  Ame Cho and Ben Belton, 2019. Growth and Transformation in Off- Farm Segments of the Maize Value Chain in Shan State. FSP Research Paper 156.

People

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  Ben Belton

  Associate Professor
  beltonbe@msu.edu
  +95 925-107-2892
  

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  Duncan Boughton

  Professor
  boughton@msu.edu
  517-432-6659
  

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  Steve Longabaugh

  Specialist International Development
  longabau@msu.edu
  517-432-0018
  

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  Mywish Maredia

  Professor
  maredia@msu.edu
  517-353-6602
  

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  David Mather

  Assistant Professor
  matherda@msu.edu
  517-449-9694
  

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  Ellen Payongayong

  Specialist - International Development Research Associate
  payongay@msu.edu
  

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  Thomas Reardon

  University Distinguished Professor
  reardon@msu.edu