Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics Food Security Group

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  Duncan Boughton

  Professor
  boughton@msu.edu
  

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  Ben Belton

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

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  Joseph Goeb

  Assistant Professor
  goebjose@msu.edu
  

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  Mywish Maredia

  Professor
  maredia@msu.edu
  517-353-6602
  

• 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.

• Agriculture and the Rural Economy: The Struggle to Transform Rural Livelihoods. In A. Simpson, & N. Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy, and Society (Chapter 10)

  Published on November 12, 2020
  Boughton, D., Okamoto, I., Mark, S.S., Oo, H.T., Myint, T., & Thawnghmung, A.M. (2020). Agriculture and the Rural Economy: The Struggle to Transform Rural Livelihoods. In A. Simpson, & N. Farrelly (Eds.), Myanmar: Politics, Economy, and Society (Ch. 10).

• Emigration and Rising Wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State

  Published on December 5, 2019
  Filipski, Mateusz, Hak Lim Lee, Aung Hein, and Ulrike Nischan. "Emigration and Rising Wages in Myanmar: Evidence from Mon State." The Journal of Development Studies (2019): 1-18.

• 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

• 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).

• Resilience through Risk Management: Cooperative Insurance in Small-holder Aquaculture Systems

  Published on September 27, 2018
  James R. Watson, Fredrik Armerin, Dane H.Klinger, Ben Belton, 2018. Heliyon

• Emerging Trends in Aquaculture Value Chain Research

  Published on September 5, 2018
  Simon R. Busha, Ben Belton, David C. Little, Md Saidul Islam, 2018. Emerging Trends in Aquaculture Value Chain Research, Aquaculture 498 (2019) 428–434

• Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy

  Published on May 15, 2018
  Mateusz Filipski (IFPRI) and Ben Belton (MSU), 2018. Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy, World Development 110 (2018) 205–223

• Fish Farms and Land Confiscation in the Ayeyarwady Delta: History, Impact and Prospects for Restitution

  Published on August 3, 2017
  SiuSue Mark. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 44.

• The Emerging Quiet Revolution in Myanmar’s Aquaculture Chain

  Published on June 21, 2017
  Ben Belton, Aung Hein, Kyan Htoo, L. Seng Kham, Aye Sandar Phyoe, Thomas Reardon. 2017. The Emerging Quiet Revolution in Myanmar's Aquaculture Chain. Aquaculture. June 21, 2017

• Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish Farm Technology, Production Economics and Management

  Published on May 1, 2017
  Ben Belton, Mateusz Filipski and Chaoran Hu. 2017. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 37.

• Aquaculture in Myanmar: fish farm technology, production economics and management

  Published on April 4, 2017
  Belton, B., Filipski, M., & Hu, C. (2017). Aquaculture in Myanmar: fish farm technology, production economics and management (No. 1879-2017-1954).

• Improving Land Governance for More Equitable Fish Farm Development in Myanmar

  Published on April 1, 2017
  Ben Belton. 2017.Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 33.

• 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

• Rural Livelihoods in Mon State: Evidence from a Representative Household Survey

  Published on August 3, 2016
  Aung Hein, et al. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 20A.

• Revitalized Agriculture for Balanced Growth and Resilient Livelihoods

  Published on July 2, 2016
  CESD, IFPRI and MSU. 2016. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Brief 17.