Resultados de búsqueda - "Myanmar"

Capitalizing on local livelihood diversity: Enhancing resilience building of small highland farms por Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Wilson John Barbon, Chan Myae, Yinn Minn Latt

“…With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Chin Shakta CSV. …”
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Diversification: Reducing risks, increasing incomes while enhancing adaptive capacities in the Ayeyarwady Delta por Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Wilson John Barbon, Chan Myae, Yinn Minn Latt

“…With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Ma Sein CSV. …”
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Resource conservation in the uplands of Southern Shan: How climate smart agriculture can help. por Gonsalves, Julian Francis, Wilson John Barbon, Chan Myae, Yinn Minn Latt

“…With support from IDRC and CCAFS Southeast Asia, IIRR and its local NGO partners is implementing Climate-Smart Villages (CSVs) to demonstrate community-based adaptation in agriculture in different agroecological zones in Myanmar. This primer is based on IIRR baseline studies as well as desk research that IIRR commissioned to develop the profile of Nyaung Shwe CSV. …”
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Credit access and utilization in agriculture and aquaculture in the Ayeyarwady delta por Lwin, Lu Min, Htun, Khun Moe

“…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. …”
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Agrifood trade por Diao, Xinshen, Masias, Ian, Lwin, Wuit Yi

“…Agrifood exports make up about one-third of Myanmar’s total exports, and their share of both total exports and as a ratio of total GDP has risen in recent years. …”
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Agricultural value chains: Examples of quiet transformation por Belton, Ben, Ame, Cho, Fang, Peixun, Win, Myat Thida, Mather, David

“…Myanmar’s agricultural value chains1 are often perceived to be traditional and inefficient and to suffer from underinvestment, credit constraints, and inadequate technology. …”
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Livestock, capture fisheries, and aquaculture: Status and recent trends por Belton, Ben, Fang, Peixun

“…Livestock rearing and fishing have been central components of rural livelihoods in Myanmar for centuries and remain so today. More capital-intensive forms of marine fishing, aquaculture, and poultry farming began to expand during the early 1990s and have grown briskly since then. …”
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Women and youth in agriculture por Lambrecht, Isabel B., Mahrt, Kristi, Cho, Ame, Ei Win, Hnin

“…Little quantitative evidence is available about women’s and youth’s roles in agriculture in Myanmar and, more broadly, in the rural economy.…”
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Maize and pigeon pea production, profitability, and tied credit in Southern Shan state por Belton, Ben, Fang, Peixun

“…This report presents results from by far the most comprehensive survey of maize cultivators ever conducted in Myanmar. This research was designed to test characterizations of hybrid maize farming in the literature on Myanmar empirically, and identify implications for development policy and programming. …”
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Barriers to fruit and vegetable consumption among migrant workers in Bangkok: a mixed-methods study por Suvanbenjakule, P., Schreinemachers, P., Von Goh, E.

“…The objective of this study was to describe and analyze the fruit and vegetable intake of Myanmar migrant workers in Bangkok. Methods The study combined a quantitative survey of 199 Myanmar migrants working in factories, construction sites, and service industries with in-depth qualitative interviews of 10 migrants. …”
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Promoting Nutrition in Climate Smart Agriculture por Itliong, Kirstein, Valdemoro, Camille, Calica, Michelle Jeanne, Barbon, Wilson John, Myae, Chan, Su, Myat Noe, Gonsalves, Julian Francis

“…This booklet resulted from the project titled, “Community Based Adaptation via Climate and nutrition smart village to address food insecurity in Myanmar. The project aimed to contribute to food and nutrition security, food safety and hygiene in the communities where the project beneficiaries live. …”
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Aquaculture Decision Support Tool: Dashboard Visualisation Viewer por Win, Shelly, Buisson, Marie-Charlotte, Moet, Palal, Soe, Khin, de Silva, Sanjiv, Akester, Michael, Dubois, Mark

“…The new Aquaculture Decision Support Tool (Aqua-DST) will facilitate informed decision-making for aquaculture expansion in the Upper Ayeyarwady River Basin of Myanmar. This includes the Kachin, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing and Southern and Eastern Shan states/regions. …”
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Agricultural mechanization: Drivers and characteristics por Belton, Ben, Win, Myat Thida, Zhang, Xiaobo, Filipski, Mateusz J., Takeshima, Hiroyuki, Masias, Ian

“…Widespread agricultural mechanization is a very recent phenomenon in Myanmar. In 2010, just 0.5 percent of farm households in the Delta used combine harvesters, and only 6 percent used threshers. …”
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Mapping molecular diversity of indigenous goat genetic resources of Asia por Periasamy, K., Vahidi, S.M.F., Silva, P., Faruque, M.O., Naqvi, A.N., Basar, M., JianHua Cao, Zhao, Shuhong, Le Thi Thuy, Pichler, R., Podesta, M.G., Shamsuddin, M., Boettcher, P.J., García, J.F., Han Jianlin, Marsan, P.A., Diallo, A., Viljoen, G.J.

“…Positive directional selection was observed at one or a few microsatellite loci in goat populations of at least four Asian countries including Sri Lanka, India, Iran and Myanmar. Genetic differentiation among goat breeds/populations within different countries varied from 1.9% (Myanmar goats) to 12.6% (Indonesian goats) with a global FST of 12.7%. …”
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Dietary quality and nutrition: Past progress, current and future challenges por Mahrt, Kristi, Headey, Derek D., Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Tauseef, Salauddin

“…Prior to the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020 and the military coup in 2021, Myanmar was experiencing a period of rapid economic growth and transformation in the wake of economic and political liberalization. …”
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လက်စ ွဲစာအုပ် မြစ်ရေတင်စီြံကိန််းြျာ်းတ င် ရေအသံု်းချသူအသင််းြျာ်း ဖ ွဲွဲ့စည််းတည်ရ ာင်မခင််း မြန်ြာနိုင်ငံ por de Silva, Sanjiv, Schmitter, Petra S., Thiha, Nyan, Suhardiman, Diana

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Food processing: A stalled transformation por Minten, Bart, Ecker, Olivier, Comstock, Andrew R., Mahrt, Kristi, Fang, Peixun, Goeb, Joseph, Zone, Phoo Pye

“…The aim of this chapter is to analyze the state and evolution of food processing in Myanmar and to assess the effect of the crises (COVID-19 and the military coup) on the different segments—production, trade, and consumption—of the sector. …”
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Crop production and profitability in Ayeyarwady and Yangon por Cho, Ame, Belton, Ben, Boughton, Duncan

“…Agriculture is central to Myanmar’s rural economy. Yet few detailed data are available on the characteristics of agriculture in this important area. …”
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Migration trends and implications por Filipski, Mateusz J., Belton, Ben, van Asselt, Joanna, Hein, Aung, Zu, A Myint, Htoo, Kyan, Win, Myat Thida, Thu, Eaindra Theint Theint, Htun, Khun Moe, Ei, Hnin

“…This chapter describes some of the patterns and dynamics related to these population flows, as well as their consequences for Myanmar’s rural economy. Most of the chapter is based on data collected prior to the triple crises, but recent analyses allow us to give an overview of the migration landscape in the post-2020 era at the end of the chapter (MAPSA 2024c). …”
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Regional variations and trends in the composition and vulnerability of rural livelihoods por Belton, Ben, Filipski, Mateusz J., Lambrecht, Isabel B., Fang, Peixun

“…The regional context in which rural livelihoods in Myanmar are embedded varies widely, in terms of physical geography, climate and agroecology, local resource base, agrarian structure, infrastructure provision, proximity to urban areas and neighboring countries, social networks, institutions, and ethnicities. …”
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