Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture

This report’s aim is to raise awareness on El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events among Myanmar’s policy makers and stakeholders. Particularly, the aim is to guide them on preparedness and resiliency building measures. It does this by providing information on ENSO’s social, poverty, economic, an...

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Main Authors: Sutton, William R., Srivastava, Jitendra P., Rosegrant, Mark W., Thurlow, James, Vasileiou, Ioannis
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: World Bank 2019
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145796
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author Sutton, William R.
Srivastava, Jitendra P.
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Thurlow, James
Vasileiou, Ioannis
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Srivastava, Jitendra P.
Sutton, William R.
Thurlow, James
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Thurlow, James
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description This report’s aim is to raise awareness on El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events among Myanmar’s policy makers and stakeholders. Particularly, the aim is to guide them on preparedness and resiliency building measures. It does this by providing information on ENSO’s social, poverty, economic, and agricultural impacts in Myanmar and outlining ways forward. The report finds that ENSO’s impacts vary from region to region but tend to exacerbate current climatic trends. Myanmar’s government attempted to prepare for, and respond to, the 2016 El Niño, but capacity andorganizational constraints limited its effectiveness. Preparing for ENSO is important because of Myanmar’s low resilience to climate shocks, the importance of agriculture for the national economy, the rural and poor populations’ climate vulnerability, and the lack of research on ENSO in Myanmar.
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spelling CGSpace1457962025-02-24T06:47:46Z Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture Sutton, William R. Srivastava, Jitendra P. Rosegrant, Mark W. Thurlow, James Vasileiou, Ioannis el niño extreme weather events drought flooding rain agriculture disaster risk management disaster preparedness natural disasters climate change la niña climate change impacts This report’s aim is to raise awareness on El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO) events among Myanmar’s policy makers and stakeholders. Particularly, the aim is to guide them on preparedness and resiliency building measures. It does this by providing information on ENSO’s social, poverty, economic, and agricultural impacts in Myanmar and outlining ways forward. The report finds that ENSO’s impacts vary from region to region but tend to exacerbate current climatic trends. Myanmar’s government attempted to prepare for, and respond to, the 2016 El Niño, but capacity andorganizational constraints limited its effectiveness. Preparing for ENSO is important because of Myanmar’s low resilience to climate shocks, the importance of agriculture for the national economy, the rural and poor populations’ climate vulnerability, and the lack of research on ENSO in Myanmar. 2019-04-15 2024-06-21T09:05:03Z 2024-06-21T09:05:03Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145796 en http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31522 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31520 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31521 https://hdl.handle.net/10986/31524 Open Access World Bank Sutton, William R.; Srivastava, Jitendra P.; Rosegrant, Mark W.; Thurlow, James; and Vasileiou, Ioannis. 2019. Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture. Washington, DC: World Bank. http://hdl.handle.net/10986/31523
spellingShingle el niño
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drought
flooding
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agriculture
disaster risk management
disaster preparedness
natural disasters
climate change
la niña
climate change impacts
Sutton, William R.
Srivastava, Jitendra P.
Rosegrant, Mark W.
Thurlow, James
Vasileiou, Ioannis
Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title_full Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title_fullStr Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title_full_unstemmed Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title_short Striking a balance: Managing El Niño and La Niña in Myanmar’s agriculture
title_sort striking a balance managing el nino and la nina in myanmar s agriculture
topic el niño
extreme weather events
drought
flooding
rain
agriculture
disaster risk management
disaster preparedness
natural disasters
climate change
la niña
climate change impacts
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