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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Myanmar’s Rapid Rural Transformation: Evidence from the Delta & Dry Zone

Published on December 5, 2017
Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski, Aung Tun Oo, Aung Tun, Bandung, Indonesia, December 5, 2017
Domestic and International Migration in Myanmar: Determinants and Consequences

Published on December 4, 2017
Mateusz Filipski, Ben Belton, Sithu Kyaw, and Eaindra Theint Thu, Bandung, Indonesia, December 3-5, 2017
The Emerging ‘Quiet Revolution’ in Myanmar’s Aquaculture Value Chain

Published on November 16, 2017
T.S. Jayne, Milu Muyanga, Kwame Yeboah, Jordan Chamberlin, Ayala Wineman, Ward Anseeuw, Antony Chapoto, and Nicholas Sitko, World Bank, Washington, DC, November 16, 2017
Not Just for the Wealthy: Rethinking Farmed Fish Consumption in the Global South

Published on November 15, 2017
Belton, B., Bush, S.R., Little, D.C. 2018. Not Just for the Wealthy: Rethinking farmed fish consumption in the Global South. Global Food Security. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2017.10.005
The Rapid Rise of Agricultural Mechanization in Myanmar

Published on November 1, 2017
Benjamin Belton, Mateusz Filipski, Myat Thida Win, Xiaobo Zhang, South-South Knowledge Sharing on Agricultural Mechanization, IFPRI, CIMMYT, Ethiopian Agricultural Mechanization Forum. Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, November 1, 2017