Myanmar FS

completed

The overarching goal of this project is to promote development of the agribusiness sector in Myanmar by supporting uptake of food safety standards by clients, building the local institutional capacity, and increasing awareness. The project advances these aims at a sector and firm level, focusing on strategic sectors within agribusiness industry and engaging lead firms and industry associations within these sectors. Interventions are designed along two dimensions: 1. sector level- raising awareness and building sector’s food safety capacity; and 2. client level – in-depth engagements with clients in key sectors; The project objectives are the following: Objective 1: Build food safety capacity across strategic sectors in Myanmar via: a) raising awareness on the benefits of better food safety management among industry stakeholders, b) partnering with industry groups to deliver capacity building for food safety management systems and good agricultural practices and c) developing a cadre of experts who can support industry clients in the future. Objective 2: Provide food safety support at the firm level and aggregator-level support, leading to: a) reduced risk profile, b) farmers reached, c) increased sales, d) reduced costs and e) financing facilitated for client firms.