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Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Agricultural production and rural livelihoods in two irrigation schemes - August 2020 survey round

author(s) Lambrecht, Isabel - Ragasa, Catherine - Mahrt, Kristi - Aung, Zin Wai - Wang, Michael
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • South-Eastern Asia
  • Asia
  • World
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Lambrecht, Isabel et al., 'Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Agricultural production and rural livelihoods in two irrigation schemes - August 2020 survey round', International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2020

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Abstract

This policy note provides evidence of the immediate impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on farming communities in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone using baseline data from January 2020 (BL) and followup telephone survey data. 1 The first round of the telephone survey was conducted with 606 households between 10 and 21 June 2020 (PS1) and inquired about the effects of COVID-19 on agricultural production and other livelihood sources from February to May 2020. The second round effects of COVID-19 in June and July.

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