Ben Belton
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Associate Professor
Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics
Phone:
+95 925-107-2892
Email:
beltonbe@msu.edu
Degrees:
Ph.D., University of Stirling (UK)
M.Sc., University of Stirling (UK)
B.Sc., (Hons.) University of Nottingham (UK)
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Ben Belton is a fixed-term Associate Professor at AFRE and a rural sociologist who has worked extensively in South and Southeast Asia for more than a decade, in countries including Bangladesh, Thailand and Vietnam. He joined MSU in 2015, and is based full-time in Burma as Deputy Chief of Party of the USAID funded Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy: Burma where he leads project research activities on agricultural commodity value chains, livelihoods and the rural economy. Ben is an expert on aquaculture and capture fisheries development and value chains, and their links to food and nutrition security, poverty, social wellbeing and the environment. Current focal areas of research in Burma include agricultural mechanization, migration, and rural transformation.
PIVOTING IN NIGERIA’S FISH AND POULTRY VALUE CHAINS IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 POLICIES AND IMPACTS
Published on January 24, 2022
The impact of COVID-19 and associated shocks on Agri Food SMEs along the poultry and fish value chains in Kebbi State, Nigeria
Published on January 18, 2022
The impact of COVID-19 and other shocks on Agri Food SMEs along the poultry and fish value chains in Borno State
Published on January 17, 2022
The impact of COVID-19 and associated shocks on Agri Food SMEs along the poultry and fish value chain in Kaduna State
Published on January 13, 2022
The impact of COVID-19 and associated shocks on Agri Food SMEs along the poultry and fish value chains in Ebonyi State
Published on January 13, 2022
Economic impacts of COVID-19 in urban and rural Africa: Surprising results from five countries
Published on June 2, 2021
“Essential non‐essentials”: COVID‐19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chain
Published on February 25, 2021
Catch and effort trends in Myanmar’s offshore fleets operating out of Myeik - 2009–2018
Published on February 25, 2021