Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural input retailers – June 2021 survey round

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions, and Markets
cg.contributor.donorUnited States Agency for International Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorLivelihoods and Food Security Trust Funden
cg.coverage.countryMyanmar
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2MM
cg.coverage.regionSouth-eastern Asia
cg.coverage.regionAsia
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134457en
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Development Strategy and Governance Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Myanmar Strategy Support Program
cg.identifier.projectMAPSA
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.number57en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorMyanmar Agriculture Support Activityen
dc.date.accessioned2024-05-22T12:17:43Zen
dc.date.available2024-05-22T12:17:43Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/143878
dc.titleMonitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural input retailers – June 2021 survey rounden
dcterms.abstractTo understand the effects of recent disruptions on Myanmar’s agricultural input sector, a phone survey of input retailers was conducted in June 2021. Key findings: ▪ Prices of key agricultural inputs–fertilizer, pesticides, maize seed, and vegetable seed– are higher in June 2021 compared to June 2020 during the first wave of COVID-19. Onaverage, urea fertilizer prices are 52 percent higher and compound fertilizer prices are 29 percent higher. ▪ Reported input sales are much lower in June 2021 than in June 2020, with fertilizer sales volumes 48 percent lower on average and maize seed 39 percent lower on average. ▪ There continue to be widespread business disruptions stemming from political instability. Issues in the banking sector are the biggest disruption for 75 percent of our sample, though 84 percent also reported higher transportation costs. ▪ Nearly two-thirds of interviewed input retailers have offered inputs on credit to farmers this monsoon season. However, 79 percent intend to decrease their total value of credit compared to last year. Only 22 percent of input retailers reported that farmers in their area received MADB loans for the 2021 monsoon season. ▪ During the third wave of COVID-19 in Myanmar, adoption of safety practices is much lower than during the first wave. Sixty percent of input retailers adopted at least one practice, but only 44 percent were regularly washing their hands and only 47 percent were wearing masks. ▪ Higher input costs and lower access to credit will likely result in lower purchased input use and lower yields for monsoon crops. Measures to support combine harvesting and post-harvest management (e.g., drying) could help minimize further yield loss.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMyanmar Agriculture Support Activity (MAPSA). 2021. Monitoring the agri-food system in Myanmar: Agricultural input retailers – June 2021 survey round. Myanmar SSP Research 57. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134457.en
dcterms.extent8 p.en
dcterms.isPartOfIFPRI Myanmar SSP Research Noteen
dcterms.issued2021-07-01
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134457en
dcterms.subjectfertilizersen
dcterms.subjectseedsen
dcterms.subjectcovid-19en
dcterms.subjectfarm inputsen
dcterms.subjectpesticidesen
dcterms.subjectretail marketsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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