A training program on management of field and data from on-farm trials in the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar was recently held for IRRI's partners under a project supported through the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust (LIFT) Fund.
The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) is a multi-donor fund established in Myanmar in 2009. The donors to LIFT are Australia, Denmark, the European Union, France, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America. The donors contracted UNOPS as the Fund Manager to administer the funds and provide monitoring and oversight for LIFT.
LIFT’s vision is to be an effective mechanism for channelling aid to partners to achieve its goal of improving the food and livelihood security of the poor and vulnerable in Myanmar. Read more
A training program on management of field and data from on-farm trials in the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar was recently held for IRRI's partners under a project supported through the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust (LIFT) Fund.
This publication discusses how the four leading specialized microfinance ratings agencies (SMRAs), namely, MicroRate, Micro-Credit Ratings International, Ltd. (M-CRIL), Planet Rating, and MicroFinanza Rating, collaborated with each other to... Read more
Applications of interest and questions regarding the Learning and Innovation Fund can be sent via email to Yasmin Padamsee yasminp@unops.org. The LIFT Fund Director is Andrew Kirkwood and may be reached via... Read more
Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Dec- In his address at the National Knowledge Forum and Seminar on Priorities in Agriculture Development of Myanmar organized by Livelihood and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) at the assembly hall of the Ministry of Agriculture... Read more
Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, 10 December 2012 – The LIFT National Knowledge Sharing Forum and Seminar on “Priorities in Agriculture Development of Myanmar” was held today in Nay Pyi Taw to unite efforts under the leadership of the Government of... Read more
Yangon, December 6th 2012. The French Development Agency (AFD) signed a Memorandum of Agreement with UNOPS to formalize its participation in LIFT (Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund). With a contribution of €1 million AFD engages its first... Read more