USAID DEVELOPING A SUSTAINABLE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY INFRASTRUCTURE IN MYANMAR AND ITS POTENTIAL EFFECTS ON THE COUNTRY’S ENVIRONMENTAL, ECONOMIC, AND SOCIAL SECTORS

摘要

Sustainability is the intersection of the environmental, economic, and social sectors. Audgoal USAID project in Myanmar is to institutionalize sustainability in all three sectors of theudseafood industry, especially the aquaculture. Myanmar is currently in a state of political,udeconomic, and environmental turmoil, and a sustainable seafood industry and aquaculture wouldudbenefit the nation. The plan involves restoring invaluable aquatic natural resources, improvingudthe supply chain and governance of the seafood industry, and creating stability through foodudsecurity and social equity. The effects that each of these central goals of the project have on theudcountry are guided through the principles that the GPO, a World Bank organization, uses inudassessing programs with the goal of sustainability. The effects will also be confirmed through theudcomparison to Vietnam, a nation that has experienced a rapid growth in their aquaculture.udHowever, because of the lack of sufficient resources placed in the environmental sector,udaquaculture is experiencing problems that are affecting the economic and social sectors. Thisudproves that not only will the desired results create sustainability in the seafood industry ofudMyanmar, but also demonstrates the importance of finding a balance between each of the threeudsectors.