Agricultural research capacity and extension linkages in Myanmar: assessment and recommendations

    Collection:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
    Contributers:
    Broughton, Duncan (author) and Win, Su Su (author)
    Format:
    Research summary
    Publication Date:
    2019
    URL:
    https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/303024
    Published:
    Myanmar: Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing.
    Location:
    Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 166 Document Number: D11673
    Subject Term:
    agricultural development, agricultural research, agriculture research, development issues, extension, extension needs, extension programs, extension services, linkages, research needs, Myanmar (South-Eastern Asia), research-extension relationship, and extension issues
    Notes:
    7 pages., Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy, Research Paper 131, Burma Food Security Policy Project (FSPP)., Analysis revealed that Myanmar has one of the smallest, most underfunded agricultural research systems in Southeast Asia. It is cited as having critical gaps in research capacity, an agricultural research capacity that is highly fragmented, weak linkages between research and extension at local level, and lack of overall strategy for development of agricultural research and extension. Strong economic justification was cited for higher rates of investment in agricultural research, along with recommendations for action.

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