Bangkok, 25 March 2026 မြန်မာလိုဖတ်ရှုရန် ဤနေရာကိုနှိပ်ပါ။ After attending ADB’s Food Systems Forum in Manila, I had the opportunity to speak at a technical Forum in Bangkok organized by IFPRI, World Bank, LIFT and other partners under the theme “Strengthening Myanmar’s Agri-food Systems – Evidence, Experiences and Future Directions”. I shared the Food Security Panel alongside Country Representative of FAO, Ms. Hang Thi Thanh Pham; renowned nutrition and food systems expert,

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It was a fine Wednesday morning at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore, in November 2024. I was attending the Asia-Pacific Agri-Food Innovation Summit. I stood beside a table where I was supposed to host a roundtable on Myanmar’s current agri-food realities. The event app showed five delegates had registered. A few minutes passed — two delegates arrived. I greeted them warmly. They sat for a while waiting for others … until they realized the reality: Myanmar’s future is no longer int

Patterns are one of the most generous gifts of nature. They are an open book that nature lays before us, saying: “Here — this is how I work.” The earliest patterns I learned during childhood were from within — biological rhythms that held their own logic. In different rented houses in poor, suburban neighborhoods of Insein, I remember how hunger came like clockwork, how certain foods brought energy while others dulled my senses. I learned to expect sleepiness after a day in t