Dr. Aung Tun Oo is an agricultural economist with extensive experience in agricultural and rural development, poverty reduction, and climate change adaptation. He holds a PhD in Agricultural Economics from Ghent University in Belgium and has published several peer-reviewed articles on topics such as vulnerability assessment and climate change adaptation. He has also participated in numerous international conferences and has managed and implemented various agriculture, natural resources management, and farming system projects in Myanmar and the Mekong region. Previously, he was a National Climate Change Adaptation and Vulnerability Assessment Specialist for the FAO (UN) FishAdapt Project, and he has also served as a research associate for the Center for Economic and Social Development, which collaborated with Michigan State University (MSU).