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Burma (Myanmar) - Country Strategy

  1. Overview
  2. Country Strategy
  3. Priorities
  4. Key Program Managers
  5. Current Projects
  6. Concluded Projects
  7. Achievements
  8. Relevant Publications
  9. Country News and Stories
  10. Country Office
  11. Country Portfolio
  12. AusAid and Other Briefs
  13. Fellowship Statistics

Country Strategy

ACIAR’s strategy in Burma is primarily humanitarian, targeting vulnerable populations to improve nutrition and food security. This is in line with Australia’s Framework for Humanitarian Assistance to Burma 2007–10 to enhance sustainable livelihoods and protection. The main aim of the program is to develop a small number of multilateral collaborative research projects that can have impacts on improving nutrition and food security, either directly or through increases in farmers’ cash incomes. Projects are based in similar agroecological zones to those in Australia—the central dry zone and tropical lowlands. There is a strong need for training due to the isolation of many of Burma’s agricultural scientists from international cooperation over recent years.