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Project Implementation

Between

ASEAN Food Security Information System

and

Department of Agricultural Land Management and Statistics, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, Republic of the Union of Myanmar

 

Name of Activities : Improving Statistics Data on Food Processing and Distribution related to agricultural crops in Myanmar

Objective : To prepare and discuss the details of the Project implementation on Food Value Chain (FVC) under the project funded by AFSIS.

Date : 15 November 2018

 

Location : Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar

A Brief Summary of Activities :

  1. To Prepare for pilot survey by complete information of list condition on food and agriculture related companies in the country
  2. Conduct investigation meeting for relevant stakeholder such as policymakers and data holders (public and private) to share the project objective and its outcome, to grasp country specific needs of FVC related data and to discuss appropriate survey methods;
  3. To sign a contact between AFSIS and DALMS for corporate above mention activities.

 

 

 

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