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

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Agriculture: Engine of Rural Economic Growth in Myanmar

Published on December 8, 2015
Duncan Boughton, Aung Hein and Ben Belton, Yangon, Myanmar, December 8, 2015
Aquaculture in Transition: Value Chain Transformation, Fish and Food Security in Myanmar

Published on December 2, 2015
IDWP 140. Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan, Thomas Reardon, Duncan Boughton. December 2015
Aquaculture in Transition: Value Chain Transformation, Fish and Food

Published on December 1, 2015
B. Belton, A. Hein, K. Htoo, L. Seng Kham, U. Nischan, T. Reardon, and D. Boughton. 2015. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 8.
Promoting Agricultural Growth in Myanmar: A Review of Policies and an Assessment of Knowledge Gaps

Published on November 1, 2015
IDWP 139. Than Tun, Adam Kennedy, and Ulrike Nischan. November 2015
A Quiet Revolution Emerging in the Fish-farming Value Chain in Myanmar: Implication for National Food Security

Published on November 1, 2015
Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Ulrike Nischan, Thomas Reardon, and Duncan Boughton. 2015. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 9.