This report describes the ability of poor and vulnerable households in selected areas in Myanmar to meet their basic food needs1, based on information up to December 2008. The report is produced by the Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping (VAM) Unit at WFP Yangon....Highlights August to December 2008: - Poor food access in Rakhine State is a cause for serious concern. Although rice prices decreased; fewer job opportunities and larger average HH size meant that the gap between income and expenditure grew. - In NRS it is estimated that current average wages and rice prices require that an average of 1.4 earners per household must work 6 days/week to earn the minimum necessary income for purchasing food. - In the Magway area (of Dry Zone) female-headed HH reported spending 100% of their income on food, but later in the year both genders were able to save - The price of rice in Kokang increased in August but plateaued in September and October. After the harvest, because of an increase in supply, prices decreased.