Mukesh S. Boori
Samara National Research University
Russia
Title: Food security and flood risk dynamics in Myanmar
Biography
Biography: Mukesh S. Boori
Abstract
The Central Dry Zone area of Myanmar is the most water stressed and one of the most food insecure region in the country. In the Dry Zone area, the total population of 10.1 million people in 54 townships, in which approximately 43% live in below poverty line and 40-50% of the rural population is landless. Agriculture is the most important economic sector in Myanmar as it is essential for national food security and a major source of livelihood for its people. In this region the adverse effects of climate change such as late or early onset of monsoon season, longer dry spells, erratic rainfall, increasing temperature, heavy rains, stronger typhoons, extreme spatial-temporal variability of rainfall, high intensities, limited rainfall events in the growing season, heat stress, drought, flooding, sea water intrusion, land degradation, desertification, deforestation and other natural disasters are believed to be a major constraint to food insecurity and flood risk. Theses extreme climatic events are likely increase in frequency and magnitude of serious drought periods and extreme floods. Food insecurity is an important thing that must be reviewed because it relates to the lives of many people. Food security is composed of subsystems, availability, distribution, and consumption so that if one of subsystem is not well functioning, there will be a problem of food insecurity. This paper gives a structured overview of the current scientific knowledge available and reveals the relevance of this information with regard to food security and flood risk dynamics in central dry zone area of Myanmar.