Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)

Principal Investigator

Duncan Boughton

Professor
boughton@msu.edu

co-PIs/Research team

Ben Belton

Professor
beltonbe@msu.edu
+95 925-107-2892
Joseph Goeb

Assistant Professor
goebjose@msu.edu
Mywish Maredia

Professor
maredia@msu.edu
517-353-6602

Overview

The Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA) is the flagship program of the Myanmar Strategy Support Program (Myanmar SSP).

Objective

To improve governance in the agricultural sector, through building national capacity to prioritize and implement strategic organizational and policy reforms that improve food and nutrition security in Myanmar; and facilitating broad stakeholder participation in policy dialogue and advocacy.

Start Date

October 1, 2019

Anticipated End Date

December 31, 2024

Funding

CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Partnering institutions

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Publications

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.
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.
Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods: Toward a Rural Development Strategy for Mon State, Myanmar

Published on September 1, 2016
IDWP 146. Multiple Authors from: Center for Economic and Social Development, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Michigan State University. September 2016
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