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Myanmar local food systems in a changing climate: Insights from multiple stakeholders

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Title Myanmar local food systems in a changing climate: Insights from multiple stakeholders
 
Creator Thant, Phyu Sin
Espino, Apple
Soria, Giulia
Myae, Chan
Rodriguez, Edgard
Barbon, Wilson John
 
Subject agriculture
climate change
food security
adaptation
households
stakeholders
 
Description Understanding the impacts of climate on food systems is vital to identifying the most effective food system interventions to support climate-smart agriculture. The study examines how climate change is affecting food systems and what can be done to mitigate its effects. Two methodological approaches were combined in the study. The first was an Asia-wide regional consultation and forum to explore a range of initiatives that transform food systems among stakeholders working in Myanmar. The second method was an in-depth food systems study employing qualitative methods in Htee Pu Village in the Myanmar Central Dry Zone, a research site of IIRR since 2017. Key informant interviews (KII) and focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted to capture insights and data. Food systems consist of components, drivers, actors, and elements that interact with one another and other systems such as social, health, and transportation. The Myanmar food system is complex. Making it sustainable and transformative requires a mix of different approaches implemented at various scales from local to national. It also requires actions that engage various actors in the system from producers to consumers. The study of the local food system of Htee Pu Village indicates that the village has a rural and traditional food system and that climate change is one of its key food system drivers. Climate change negatively impacted farming and agricultural practices and disrupted the input supply of the local food systems. The role of intermediaries such as traders and consolidators is critical in the supply and distribution of food in the Central Dry Zone. Improved and more connected roads are essential for the supply and distribution of food for the village. The informal market outlets serve as the primary food source or sale points for households. Household diets are inadequate in quantity as the population remains highly dependent on their crops for their diets due to relatively low income. Climate adaptation must be embedded in the local level management to mitigate the effect of climate change in food production in the longer term.
 
Date 2022-01-12
2022-04-28T13:51:23Z
2022-04-28T13:51:23Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Thant PS, Espino A, Soria G, Myae C, Rodriguez E, Barbon WJ, Gonsalves J. 2022. Myanmar local food systems in a changing climate: Insights from multiple stakeholders. Environmental and Sustainability Indicators 14:100170.
2665-9727
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/119418
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.indic.2022.100170
PII-FP2_CSAScaling
PII_SEA_CSVscaling
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 100170
 
Publisher Elsevier
 
Source Environmental and Sustainability Indicators