Data collection on migration in Mon State: Gathering migrant profiles (gender, age, education, previous work, income, remittances) to illustrate the actual state of migration.

Knowledge exchange activities.

Data collection on agriculture: Encompassing land ownership, experience, major crops, problems (labor shortage, low investment, cropping patterns, productivity, inputs, price fluctuation, low returns, vacant land, farmer perceptions) to depict agricultural decline.

Data on the market of agricultural produce, agriculture-related industry, and value chain products: Collecting data to identify problems hindering grower benefits and feasible solutions, using time series, situational, and SWOT analysis to present migration, agriculture, and rural development in Mon State.

To reduce the impacts of migration in the rural area.

To upgrade the agriculture sector, a major economic activity of the rural area, and its related activities through value chain agricultural product production.

The project's long-term sustainability would be ensured by its continuation as a master's student's thesis.