Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar

This assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the processing sector of Myanmar’s agri-food system. We focus on the milling of rice, Myanmar’s most important staple, which accounts for more than half of calories consumed and serves as one of the country’s leading export commodities. Using unique data coll...

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Autor principal: Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity
Formato: Brief
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143803
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description This assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the processing sector of Myanmar’s agri-food system. We focus on the milling of rice, Myanmar’s most important staple, which accounts for more than half of calories consumed and serves as one of the country’s leading export commodities. Using unique data collected from telephone surveys with more than 400 medium- and large-scale rice mils, we highlight the major disruptions caused by the pandemic.
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spelling CGSpace1438032025-12-08T10:11:39Z Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity agro-processing surveys covid-19 rice food prices byproducts prices resilience milling This assesses the impacts of COVID-19 on the processing sector of Myanmar’s agri-food system. We focus on the milling of rice, Myanmar’s most important staple, which accounts for more than half of calories consumed and serves as one of the country’s leading export commodities. Using unique data collected from telephone surveys with more than 400 medium- and large-scale rice mils, we highlight the major disruptions caused by the pandemic. 2021-03-01 2024-05-22T12:17:00Z 2024-05-22T12:17:00Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/143803 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity (MAPSA). 2021. Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar. Myanmar SSP 46. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134307.
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Myanmar Agriculture Support Activity
Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title_full Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title_fullStr Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title_full_unstemmed Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title_short Agro-processing, food prices, and COVID-19: The case of rice mills in Myanmar
title_sort agro processing food prices and covid 19 the case of rice mills in myanmar
topic agro-processing
surveys
covid-19
rice
food prices
byproducts
prices
resilience
milling
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