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""This research highlight presents findings from the Myanmar Aquaculture Agriculture Survey 2016 (MAAS) on the characteristics of off-farm em- ployment and the rural non-farm economy in four townships close to the city of Yangon. Two groups of village tract were selected to facilitate comparison of the impacts of aquaculture and agri- culture on the rural economy: an ?aquaculture cluster?, located in areas with high densities of fish farms, and an ?agriculture cluster? located in areas nearby where cultivation of paddy and pulses was the main form of agricultural production. This research highlight fo- cusses on the characteristics of off-farm employment in the two clusters..." ... CONCLUSIONS:
1. Off-farm employment is extremely important,
even among the wealthiest households and largest
landholders. It provides work of 78% of all
households surveyed and are the sole source of
earnings for 56% of households.
2. Aquaculture appears to create additional off-farm
employment opportunities compared to
areas dependent on paddy and annual crop cultivation,
in terms of both employment duration
and numbers of jobs created.
3. Off-farm labor markets in the areas surveyed
appear well integrated, as indicated by similar
wage rates across clusters, but there is a large
gender disparity in the wages paid for comparable
forms of work.
4. Remittances are important for receiving households
in the village tracts surveyed, but their
contribution to off-income is small in comparison
to that of non-farm enterprises and wage
labor. However, the labor shortages created
by migration appear to drive up rural wages,
benefitting individuals employed off-farm.
5. Significant improvements have occurred in
transport services and travel times, geographical
connectivity and human mobility within the
last five years, but there is still much scope for
infrastructure development that would accelerate
these further.
6. The rural non-farm economy is growing quickly
and restructuring in response to these stimuli."
Source/publisher:
Michigan State University (MSU)-Food Security Policy Project Research Highlights Myanmar
Date of Publication:
2016-10-00
Date of entry:
2018-03-12
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English
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