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

• 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.

• COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa’s aquatic food value chains

  Published on July 1, 2021
  Belton, B., Rosen, L., Middleton. L., et al. (2021). "COVID-19 impacts and adaptations in Asia and Africa's aquatic food value chains." Marine Policy 129, 104523.

• 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.

• 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.

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