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!

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You Can Have your Rice & Eat Fish Too: Rice, Fish, Land Use Trade-offs and Food Security in Myanmar

Published on October 11, 2015
Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, Seng Kham, Paul Dorosh, Emily Schmidt, Poster presented at the Global Food Security conference, Cornell University, USA, October 11–14, 2015
Fish, Rice and Agricultural Land Use in Myanmar: Preliminary Findings from the FSP Project

Published on May 5, 2015
Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, Seng Kham, Paul Dorosh and Emily Schmidt, May 5, 2015
Role of Food Security Networks in the Policy Process: Lessons from Developing Countries

Published on December 10, 2014
Suresh Babu, Adam Kennedy and Oyinkan Tasie, December 10, 2014, Yangon, Myanmar
Agribusiness Models for Inclusive Growth in Myanmar: Diagnosis and Ways Forward

Published on May 1, 2014
IDWP 133. Derek Byerlee, Dolly Kyaw, U San Thein, and L Seng Kham. May 2014
Prospects for Agricultural Value Chains in Myanmar

Published on March 21, 2014
Thomas Reardon, Talk for “A Dialogue for Enhancing the Competitiveness of Agribusiness in Myanmar," Yangon, Myanmar, March 21, 2014