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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Publications and Presentations

Shan Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey: Selected Highlights

Published on December 11, 2018
Belton, Win, Myintzu, Aung, Win, Naing, Lin, Soe, Kyaw, TheinThu, Thun, Fang, "Shan Agriculture and Rural Economy Survey: Selected Highlights,"
SHARES Community Survey Key Findings

Published on December 11, 2018
Isabel Lambrecht, SHARES Community Survey Key Findings, Agri-Food Value Chain Development (AVCD), December 11, 2018.
LIFT Agri-food Value Chain Development in Myanmar Project: An Overview

Published on December 11, 2018
LIFT Agri-food Value Chain Development in Myanmar Project: An Overview, LIFT Fund Board meeting, Yangon, Dec 11, 2018.
Myanmar's Rural Revolution: Mechanization and Structural Transformation

Published on November 1, 2018
Myat Thida Win, Ben Belton, and Xiaobo Zhang, 2018. Chapter in Myanmar Transformed? People, Places and Politics,edited by Justine Chambers, Gerard McCarthy, Nicholas Farrelly, and Chit Win (Singapore: ISEAS - Yusof Ishak Institute, 2018).
Myanmar's Fisheries in Transition: Current Status and Opportunities for Policy Reform

Published on November 1, 2018
Xavier Tezzo, Ben Belton, Gareth Johnstone, Martin Callow, 2018. Myanmar's fisheries in transition: Current status and opportunities for policy reform, Marine Policy 97 (2018) 91-100