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Overview
Our support to Myanmar focuses on inclusive economic growth in partnership with the agricultural development goals of the Government of Myanmar, including agribusiness, crops, fisheries, livestock systems, social sciences and soil and land management.
The ACIAR country strategy for Myanmar is aligned to Australia's long-standing bilateral relationship, which dates back to 1952. As agriculture is the leading employer in the economy, our role in research-for-development is filled with opportunity, potential for supporting broader reforms.
Country priorities
- Increasing net production of food and cash incomes of rural households in the Central Dry Zone and Ayeyarwady Delta, through improvements in, and adoption of, production and post-harvest technologies in agriculture, including livestock and fisheries.
- Building capacity in agricultural, livestock and fisheries research, development and evaluation through program activities and postgraduate and short-term training.
- Providing technical assistance and advice on policy strengthening to relevant Government of Myanmar departments.
Active projects by program area
Country manager
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Ms Dulce Carandang Simmanivong
Ms Dulce Carandang Simmanivong
Dulce is based in Vientiane, and is responsible for strategic oversight of the Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar country programs. Before joining ACIAR in 2015, Dulce managed the rural development portfolio of AusAID/DFAT for six years, working across sectors, including financial inclusion, social protection, non-government organisation cooperation, mine action and rural livelihoods. Before then, she worked in program management positions with the United Nations and civil society organisations, including a farmers’ alliance. Dulce’s past work took her across North and South-East Asia. She earned both her degrees—a Bachelor of Arts (Communications) and a Master of Industrial/Organisational Psychology—at Ateneo de Manila University.
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