Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta

Myanmar has one of the least developed financial systems in the world and poor access to credit is widely believed tobe a major constraint to investment and productivityimprovements in agriculture. This brief presents analysis ofdata from the Myanmar Aquaculture-Agriculture Survey(MAAS) on access to...

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Main Authors: Lwin, Lu Min, Htun, Khun Moe
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Michigan State University 2018
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147420
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description Myanmar has one of the least developed financial systems in the world and poor access to credit is widely believed tobe a major constraint to investment and productivityimprovements in agriculture. This brief presents analysis ofdata from the Myanmar Aquaculture-Agriculture Survey(MAAS) on access to and use of credit in agriculture andaquaculture. MAAS was implemented in May 2016, with1100 households in two “clusters” of village tracts inAyeyarwaddy and Yangon regions, selected for their highrespective concentrations fish farms and paddy farms. Ouranalysis describes the access to, and conditions andutilization of formal agricultural loans from the MyanmarAgricultural Development Bank (MADB), loans from othersources utilized in agriculture and aquaculture, andcommunity-level data on access to credit used for generalpurposes.
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spelling CGSpace1474202025-12-08T10:11:39Z Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta Lwin, Lu Min Htun, Khun Moe agricultural policies agriculture aquaculture agricultural development food security agricultural productivity credit Myanmar has one of the least developed financial systems in the world and poor access to credit is widely believed tobe a major constraint to investment and productivityimprovements in agriculture. This brief presents analysis ofdata from the Myanmar Aquaculture-Agriculture Survey(MAAS) on access to and use of credit in agriculture andaquaculture. MAAS was implemented in May 2016, with1100 households in two “clusters” of village tracts inAyeyarwaddy and Yangon regions, selected for their highrespective concentrations fish farms and paddy farms. Ouranalysis describes the access to, and conditions andutilization of formal agricultural loans from the MyanmarAgricultural Development Bank (MADB), loans from othersources utilized in agriculture and aquaculture, andcommunity-level data on access to credit used for generalpurposes. 2018-03-15 2024-06-21T09:22:50Z 2024-06-21T09:22:50Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147420 en Open Access application/pdf Michigan State University Lwin, Lu Min and Htun, Khun Moe. 2016. Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta. Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights #3. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. http://fsg.afre.msu.edu/fsp/burma/Research_highlight_3_Credit.pdf
spellingShingle agricultural policies
agriculture
aquaculture
agricultural development
food security
agricultural productivity
credit
Lwin, Lu Min
Htun, Khun Moe
Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title_full Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title_fullStr Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title_full_unstemmed Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title_short Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta
title_sort credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the ayeyarwady delta
topic agricultural policies
agriculture
aquaculture
agricultural development
food security
agricultural productivity
credit
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/147420
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