A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system
Agriculture and the related input supply, processing, trade, and retail distribution activities that make up national food systems are a major driver of rural economic transformation in low- and middle-income countries (Mellor 2017). As Chapter 2 shows, in addition to directly contributing to rural...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2024
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| author | Boughton, Duncan Haggblade, Steve Minten, Bart |
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| description | Agriculture and the related input supply, processing, trade, and retail distribution activities that make up national food systems are a major driver of rural economic transformation in low- and middle-income countries (Mellor 2017). As Chapter 2 shows, in addition to directly contributing to rural employment and GDP in Myanmar, the growth of the agrifood system has high multiplier effects on the broader rural economy. Yet in Myanmar, as Warr (2016) argues, lack of agricultural productivity growth combined with dependence on extractive sectors, such as jade, teak, and natural gas, has held back the transformation of the economy. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1551502025-11-06T04:09:07Z A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system Boughton, Duncan Haggblade, Steve Minten, Bart agricultural productivity agrifood systems development economic shock governance Agriculture and the related input supply, processing, trade, and retail distribution activities that make up national food systems are a major driver of rural economic transformation in low- and middle-income countries (Mellor 2017). As Chapter 2 shows, in addition to directly contributing to rural employment and GDP in Myanmar, the growth of the agrifood system has high multiplier effects on the broader rural economy. Yet in Myanmar, as Warr (2016) argues, lack of agricultural productivity growth combined with dependence on extractive sectors, such as jade, teak, and natural gas, has held back the transformation of the economy. 2024-10-10 2024-10-03T16:09:25Z 2024-10-03T16:09:25Z Book Chapter https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155150 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/152392 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Boughton, Duncan; Haggblade, Steve; and Minten, Bart. 2024. A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system. In Myanmar’s agrifood system: Historical development, recent shocks, future opportunities, Duncan Boughton, Ben Belton, Isabel Lambrecht, and Bart Minten, eds. Chapter 3, Pp. 43-78. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155150 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural productivity agrifood systems development economic shock governance Boughton, Duncan Haggblade, Steve Minten, Bart A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
| title | A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
| title_full | A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
| title_fullStr | A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
| title_full_unstemmed | A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
| title_short | A historical and regional perspective on Myanmar’s agrifood system |
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| topic | agricultural productivity agrifood systems development economic shock governance |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155150 |
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