Authors:
Gert-Jan Stads, Cho Cho San, Aeintjue Kay Khing, Norah Omot, Nguyen Thi Pham, Alejandro Nin-Pratt, Duncan Boughton, Su Su Win, and Thanda Kyi
Year:
2019
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute; Asia-Pacific Association of Agricultural Research Institutions; and Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation.
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The Myanmar country brief presents key agricultural R&D indicators in a highly accessible visual display. The brief also features more in-depth analysis of some of the key challenges that the country’s agricultural R&D systems are facing, and the policy options to address these challenges. It presents various future agricultural research investment scenarios and how these are projected to affect agricultural productivity growth.
Authors:
Stads, Gert-Jan; Kam, Pau Sian
Year:
2007
Publisher
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); and Department of Agriculture (DAR)
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The number of fte researchers employed in agriculture in Myanmar increased gradually during 1996–2003, but real spending on agricultural R&D declined. In 2003, Myanmar invested just 8 million dollars in 2000 international prices on agricultural R&D, which is extremely low given the country’s size and the importance of the agricultural sector to the national economy. Both the country’s average spending per agricultural scientist and its research intensity ratio are among the lowest in