Aquaculture and Freshwater Fisheries Market System Analysis in Myanmar

Abstract

WorldFish Myanmar is implementing the USAID-funded Feed the Future Burma Fish for Livelihoods (F4L) and the multi donor fund Livelihood and Food Security Trust (LIFT) My Market (MYM) project. This Aquaculture and Freshwater Fisheries Market System Analysis (MSA) aims to provide WorldFish with a systemic analysis of the market constraints associated with the aquaculture and freshwater fisheries system, and how the fisheries food system has evolved as a result of the measures taken by Governments and other external factors that have affected availability, affordability and accessibility of fish production, processing and market systems for fish, and fish-based food in general. The purpose of this MSA is to understand how the aquaculture and freshwater fisheries market system has evolved since 2020 and what coping mechanisms by the different value chain and market actors have developed since 2020. The underlying research will assist in designing fish food security, livelihoods, and private sector interventions to help fish farmers, communities, trades and SME increase their resilience and cope with the consequences of increasing climate variability, internal conflicts in Myanmar, the global economic inflation and uncertainty.