Agro-Business Large Scale Land Acquisition in Myanmar: current situation and ways forward | Land Portal

Resource information

Date of publication: 
December 2017
Resource Language: 
Pages: 
29

This presentation summarizes an on-going research in Myanmar, carried out by renowned agricultural specialist U San Thein and a team of experts, with the support of MRLG. This research is based on a thorough analysis of records on vacant, fallow and virgin land allotted for mainly agro-business projects between 1992 and 2016, and also an analysis of the reports of the Parliamentary Investigation Commission on land confiscation and the return of land. The study also included interview responses from key government staff in all concerned line ministries.

Authors and Publishers

Author(s), editor(s), contributor(s): 

U San Thein, Jean-Christophe Diepart, Céline Allaverdian, Aung Tin Moe

Publisher(s): 

Project Description

Land governance is at the center of development challenges in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam. Governments are revising land policies and practices in order to face these challenges. The project aims to (i) assist the emergence of more favorable policies and practices for securing the rights and access of family farmers to land and natural resources; and (ii) to strengthen the effectiveness of concerned stakeholders through learning, alliance building and regional cooperation.


Data provider

Geographical focus

Share this page