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Research Paper 52 May 2017 Food Security Policy Project (FSPP)...."Fish farming (aquaculture) has grown rapidly in Myanmar ove
r the last two decades and plays an
increasingly important role in national fish supply, but its technical and economic characteristics
have been poorly studied. This report addresses this knowledge gap by presenting data from the
first statistically repre
sentative survey of fish farms conducted in Myanmar - t
he Myanmar
Aquaculture-
Agriculture Survey (MAAS)
.
MAAS was implemented in May 2016. A total of 242 fish farming households (151 growout farms
and 73 nurseries) were interviewed
in a ?cluster? of 25 village tracts as part of a larger survey that
covered
1102 households
in 40 village tracts
in the main fish growing areas of Myanmar
in
Ayeyarwady and Yangon regi
ons. As estimated from satellite images, the village tracts surveyed
contained 57% of the total area of inland fish ponds in the Ayeyarwady Delta. Surveyed farms
represent the entire population of fish farming households resident in these village tracts.
Surv
ey results provide a comprehensive ?benchmark? of the characteristics of inland aquaculture in
Myanmar. Features analyzed include: farm productivity and profitability; farm size; production
cycle duration; use of feed, seed and other production inputs; demand for labor; harvesting and
marketing behaviors; technological change; the economic and social characteristics of fish farming
households; and land access and tenure.
The following results stand out:..."
Source/publisher:
Michigan State University (MSU) Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy
Date of Publication:
2017-05-00
Date of entry:
2018-03-02
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English
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