Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state
This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar. This research was designed to test characterizations of hybrid maize farming in the literature on Myanmar empirically, and identify implications for development policy and programmi...
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| description | This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar. This research was designed to test characterizations of hybrid maize farming in the literature on Myanmar empirically, and identify implications for development policy and programming. A study by the World Bank (2016) suggests that returns from maize farming are very high in comparison to other major crops grown in Myanmar, whereas two studies by Woods (2015a; 2015b) list a host of negative impacts associated with hybrid maize cultivation, including reduced food security, widespread and severe indebtedness among the smallest farmers, and deepening inequality. Our survey represented the population of all maize growing village tracts in the nine major maize growing townships of southern Shan where the security situation at the time of the survey permitted access. A total 884 maize growing and 678 non-maize growing rural households were interviewed. We summarize key survey results and their implications below. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1432632025-02-19T18:17:29Z Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state Belton, Ben Fang, Peixun profitability seeds surveys households farmers hybrids maize agricultural prices food security food prices pigeon peas credit rural areas This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar. This research was designed to test characterizations of hybrid maize farming in the literature on Myanmar empirically, and identify implications for development policy and programming. A study by the World Bank (2016) suggests that returns from maize farming are very high in comparison to other major crops grown in Myanmar, whereas two studies by Woods (2015a; 2015b) list a host of negative impacts associated with hybrid maize cultivation, including reduced food security, widespread and severe indebtedness among the smallest farmers, and deepening inequality. Our survey represented the population of all maize growing village tracts in the nine major maize growing townships of southern Shan where the security situation at the time of the survey permitted access. A total 884 maize growing and 678 non-maize growing rural households were interviewed. We summarize key survey results and their implications below. 2020-07-01 2024-05-22T12:12:48Z 2024-05-22T12:12:48Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143263 en Open Access Michigan State University International Food Policy Research Institute Belton, Ben; and Fang, Peixun. 2020. Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 173. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University; International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://www.canr.msu.edu/resources/maize-and-pigeon-pea-production-profitability-and-tied-credit-in-southern-shan-state |
| spellingShingle | profitability seeds surveys households farmers hybrids maize agricultural prices food security food prices pigeon peas credit rural areas Belton, Ben Fang, Peixun Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title | Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title_full | Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title_fullStr | Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title_full_unstemmed | Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title_short | Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state |
| title_sort | maize and pigeon pea production profitability and tied credit in southern shan state |
| topic | profitability seeds surveys households farmers hybrids maize agricultural prices food security food prices pigeon peas credit rural areas |
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