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Working Papers

2024

1. Cluster-based development: Lessons from country experiences for Odisha, India
   Other briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
2. Traders and agri-food value chain resilience: the case of maize in Myanmar
   IAAE 2024 Conference, August 2-7, 2024, New Delhi, India, International Association of Agricultural Economists (IAAE)

2023

3. Shrimp value chains in Bangladesh: A scoping study of possible research interventions
   Rethinking Food Markets Initiative Notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

4. Economic impacts of COVID-19 in urban and rural Africa: Surprising results from five countries
   PRCI Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Food Security Group
5. Les impacts économiques du COVID-19 en Afrique urbaine et rurale: Des résultats inattendus dans cinq pays
   PRCI Policy Briefs, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food and Resource Economics, Food Security Group
6. Opportunities and constraints for production and income growth in rural Myanmar: Inter-regional variations in the composition of agriculture, livelihoods, and the rural economy
   Myanmar SSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2020

7. Commercial Poultry and Pig Farming in Yangon's Peri-Urban Zone
   Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP) View citations (2)
8. Emerging COVID-19 impacts, responses, and lessons for building resilience in the seafood system
   SocArXiv, Center for Open Science View citations (1)
9. Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar’s poultry sector: Implications for achieving the sustainable development goals
   Myanmar SSP working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
10. Maize and Pigeon Pea Production, Profitability, and Tied Credit in Southern Shan State
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)
11. Maize production, farm size, and tied credit in Southern Shan State, Myanmar
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
12. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - August 2020 survey round
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
13. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - August 2020 survey round [in Burmese]
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
14. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - Early July 2020 survey round
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
    Also in Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020) View citations (1)
15. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - Early July 2020 survey round [in Burmese]
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020)
16. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - Late July 2020 survey round
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020)
17. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - Late July 2020 survey round [in Burmese]
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
    Also in Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2020)
18. Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 in Myanmar: Yangon peri-urban poultry farmers - November 2020 survey round
    Myanmar SSP policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2019

19. Agricultural Machinery Business Development in Shan State: A Comparative Analysis
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)
20. Growth and Transformation in Off- Farm Segments of the Maize Value Chain in Shan State
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP) View citations (1)
21. Migration in Southern Shan State: Characteristics and Outcome
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)
22. The Edible Oil Milling Sector in Myanmar's Dry Zone
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

2018

23. Agricultural mechanization in the dry zone of Myanmar
    ReSAKSS Asia policy notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
24. Give Someone a Fishpond Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy
    2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia, International Association of Agricultural Economists View citations (4)
25. Mechanization Outsourcing Services in Myanmar's Dry Zone
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP) View citations (5)
26. The Rapid Transformation of the Fish Value Chain in Nigeria: Evidence from Kebbi State
    Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Papers, Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP) View citations (5)

2017

27. Aquaculture in Myanmar: Fish farm technology, production economics and management
    Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)
28. Improving land governance for more equitable fish farm development in Myanmar
    Research briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
29. Revitalized agriculture for balanced growth and resilient livelihoods: Toward a rural development strategy for Mon State
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
30. Rural livelihoods in Mon State: Evidence from a representative household survey
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Journal Articles

2024

1. African domestic supply booms in value chains of fruits, vegetables, and animal products fueled by spontaneous clusters of SMEs
   Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2024, 46, (2), 390-413
2. Emerging outsource agricultural services enable farmer adaptation in agrifood value chains: A product cycle perspective
   Food Policy, 2024, 127, (C) View citations (1)
3. Investigating the inclusiveness of the usipa value chain in Malawi
   World Development Perspectives, 2024, 33, (C)

2023

4. COVID-19 disruptions and pivoting in SMEs in the hidden middle of Kenya’s potato and fish value chains
   International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2023, 26, (3) View citations (1)
5. Food systems transformation, animal-source foods consumption, inequality, and nutrition in Myanmar
   Food Security: The Science, Sociology and Economics of Food Production and Access to Food, 2023, 15, (5), 1345-1364

2022

6. Aquaculture will continue to depend more on land than sea
   Nature, 2022, 603, (7900), E2-E4 View citations (5)

2021

7. Author Correction: Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales
   Nature Communications, 2021, 12, (1), 1-1 View citations (9)
8. Blue food demand across geographic and temporal scales
   Nature Communications, 2021, 12, (1), 1-14 View citations (9)
9. Demand for Imported versus Domestic Fish in Nigeria
   Journal of Agricultural Economics, 2021, 72, (3), 782-804 View citations (9)
10. E‐commerce's fast‐tracking diffusion and adaptation in developing countries
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (4), 1243-1259 View citations (7)
11. Food system perspective on fisheries and aquaculture development in Asia
    Agriculture and Human Values, 2021, 38, (1), 73-90 View citations (1)
12. Impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar's chicken and egg sector, with implications for the sustainable development goals
    Agricultural Systems, 2021, 190, (C) View citations (4)
13. The rapid rise of agricultural mechanization in Myanmar
    Food Policy, 2021, 101, (C) View citations (37)
14. “Essential non‐essentials”: COVID‐19 policy missteps in Nigeria rooted in persistent myths about African food supply chains
    Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2021, 43, (1), 205-224 View citations (8)

2020

15. Breaking with the past? The politics of land restitution and the limits to restitutive justice in Myanmar
    Land Use Policy, 2020, 94, (C) View citations (5)
16. Farming fish in the sea will not nourish the world
    Nature Communications, 2020, 11, (1), 1-8 View citations (3)
17. Sustainable commoditization of seafood
    Nature Sustainability, 2020, 3, (9), 677-684 View citations (6)

2018

18. Give a Man a Fishpond: Modeling the Impacts of Aquaculture in the Rural Economy
    World Development, 2018, 110, (C), 205-223 View citations (5)
19. Managing Fisheries for Food Security: Implications from Demand Analysis
    Marine Resource Economics, 2018, 33, (1), 61 - 85 View citations (2)

2016

20. Are farmed fish just for the wealthy?
    Nature, 2016, 538, (7624), 171-171

2014

21. Faltering fisheries and ascendant aquaculture: Implications for food and nutrition security in Bangladesh
    Food Policy, 2014, 44, (C), 77-87 View citations (15)
22. Is Aquaculture Pro-Poor? Empirical Evidence of Impacts on Fish Consumption in Bangladesh
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 609-620 View citations (39)

2012

23. Whitefish wars: Pangasius, politics and consumer confusion in Europe
    Marine Policy, 2012, 36, (3), 738-745 View citations (10)

2011

24. Certifying catfish in Vietnam and Bangladesh: Who will make the grade and will it matter?
    Food Policy, 2011, 36, (2), 289-299 View citations (24)
25. Does Size Matter? Reassessing the Relationship between Aquaculture and Poverty in Bangladesh
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 48, (7), 904-922
26. Immanent and Interventionist Inland Asian Aquaculture Development and its Outcomes
    Development Policy Review, 2011, 29, (4), 459-484 View citations (18)

Books

2022

1. Guidelines for setting up breeding experiments for small indigenous species (SIS)
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center
2. Selection of small indigenous fish for breeding trials in the states of Assam and Odisha in India
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center

2021

3. Effects of COVID-19 on fish value chains: Descriptive Evidence from India
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center
4. Impacts of COVID-19 and options to build resilience and recovery in fish value chains in Myanmar
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
5. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Andhra Pradesh, India February - November 2020
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
6. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Assam, India February - November 2020
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
7. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Bangladesh February - November 2020
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (2)
8. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Egypt February - November 2020
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (2)
9. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Myanmar February - November 2020
   Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (2)
10. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Nigeria February - November 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (2)
11. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Odisha, India February - November 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (3)
12. Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 impacts on aquatic food value chains in Bangladesh (Round 2)
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)

2020

13. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Andhra Pradesh, India February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
14. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Assam, India February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
15. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Bangladesh February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
16. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Egypt February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
17. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Myanmar February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
18. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Nigeria February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
19. Impacts of COVID-19 on aquatic food supply chains in Odisha, India February - July 2020
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (1)
20. Qualitative assessment of COVID-19 impacts on aquatic food value chains in Bangladesh
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (3)

2015

21. Aquaculture technologies in Bangladesh: An assessment of technical and economic performance and producer behavior
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (5)

2014

22. Aquaculture, employment, poverty, food security and well-being in Bangladesh: A comparative study
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (6)

2013

23. Improving aquaculture feed in Bangladesh: From feed ingredients to farmer profit to safe consumption
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (7)

2011

24. Review of aquaculture and fish consumption in Bangladesh
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center View citations (18)

2010

25. Fish seed production in ricefields: participatory training and extension manual
    Monographs, The WorldFish Center

Chapters

2023

1. Agrifood value chains: Building resilient food systems
   Chapter 4 in Global food policy report 2023: Rethinking food crisis responses, 2023, pp 44-51

2021

2. The 'quiet revolution' in the aquaculture value chain in Bangladesh
   Chapter 12 in Securing food for all in Bangladesh, 2021, pp 412-452

2020

3. Myanmar’s rapid agricultural mechanization: Demand and supply evidence
   Chapter 8 in An evolving paradigm of agricultural mechanization development: How much can Africa learn from Asia?, 2020, pp 263-284 View citations (1)

2019

4. Value chain transformation
   Chapter 3 in The making of a blue revolution in Bangladesh: Enablers, impacts, and the path ahead for aquaculture, 2019, pp Blue31-56