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Reliefweb - The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund was set up as a multi donor trust fund to support Myanmar to work towards the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, one of the Millennium Development Goals.
Myanmar is still one of the poorest countries in South-East Asia. According to a recent country-wide survey 26 percent of Myanmar’s population lives below the poverty line. The average proportion of total household budget spent on food is 68 percent.
Agriculture remains the mainstay of the economy with almost 63 percent of the labour force engaged in farming. However, nearly a quarter of farmers have no access to land of their own for cultivation.
The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT) was set up as a multi donor trust fund to support Myanmar to work towards the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger, one of the Millennium Development Goals.
