Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps
This paper reviews the agricultural policy environment in Myanmar up until 2014 with an eye towards identifying policies that can help to accelerate productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector. We draw heavily on the Framework for Economic and Social Reform (FESR) (2012) which provides...
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Michigan State University
2015
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| author | Tun, Than Kennedy, Adam Nischan, Ulrike International Food Policy Research Institute |
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| description | This paper reviews the agricultural policy environment in Myanmar up until 2014 with an eye towards identifying policies that can help to accelerate productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector. We draw heavily on the Framework for Economic and Social Reform (FESR) (2012) which provides the policy intents of the government both overall and at a sectoral level. Although limited, in some instances we rely on government data which is publicly available only up until 2010. This paper primarily examines the evolution of input policies and their measures of implementation, i.e. those focused on farm inputs (land management; finance; water management; research, education and extension services; rural electrification; seeds; fertilizer and mechanization). We also provide a brief overview of policies which affect farm diversification (including rice productivity and crop diversification) and output policies... |
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| spelling | CGSpace1500312025-11-06T06:41:58Z Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps Tun, Than Kennedy, Adam Nischan, Ulrike International Food Policy Research Institute profitability land management farm tenancy fertilizers seeds water management agricultural extension agricultural sector agroindustrial sector agricultural policies agricultural research private investment farm inputs smallholders markets trade irrigation productivity intensification agricultural mechanization agricultural development diversification credit This paper reviews the agricultural policy environment in Myanmar up until 2014 with an eye towards identifying policies that can help to accelerate productivity and profitability in the agricultural sector. We draw heavily on the Framework for Economic and Social Reform (FESR) (2012) which provides the policy intents of the government both overall and at a sectoral level. Although limited, in some instances we rely on government data which is publicly available only up until 2010. This paper primarily examines the evolution of input policies and their measures of implementation, i.e. those focused on farm inputs (land management; finance; water management; research, education and extension services; rural electrification; seeds; fertilizer and mechanization). We also provide a brief overview of policies which affect farm diversification (including rice productivity and crop diversification) and output policies... 2015-12-14 2024-08-01T02:50:30Z 2024-08-01T02:50:30Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150031 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150030 Open Access application/pdf Michigan State University Tun, Than; Kennedy, Adam; and Nischan, Ulrike. 2015. Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: a review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps. Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Paper 4. East Lansing, MI: Michigan State University. http://foodsecuritypolicy.msu.edu/uploads/resources/FSP_Research_Paper_4.pdf |
| spellingShingle | profitability land management farm tenancy fertilizers seeds water management agricultural extension agricultural sector agroindustrial sector agricultural policies agricultural research private investment farm inputs smallholders markets trade irrigation productivity intensification agricultural mechanization agricultural development diversification credit Tun, Than Kennedy, Adam Nischan, Ulrike International Food Policy Research Institute Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title | Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title_full | Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title_fullStr | Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title_short | Promoting agricultural growth in Myanmar: A review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| title_sort | promoting agricultural growth in myanmar a review of policies and an assessment of knowledge gaps |
| topic | profitability land management farm tenancy fertilizers seeds water management agricultural extension agricultural sector agroindustrial sector agricultural policies agricultural research private investment farm inputs smallholders markets trade irrigation productivity intensification agricultural mechanization agricultural development diversification credit |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150031 |
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