Feed the Future Myanmar Agriculture Policy Support Activity (MAPSA)

Principal Investigator

Duncan Boughton

Professor
boughton@msu.edu
517-432-6659

co-PIs/Research team

Ben Belton

Associate 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

9/30/2022

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.
The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar

Published on May 1, 2021
The past decade has seen a resurgence of interest in the role of mechanization in agricultural development.
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.