This report attempts to describe the ability of poor vulnerable households in selected areas in Myanmar in meeting their basic food needs1 during the month of March 2008. It is based on the monthly periodic reports produced by the Vulnerability Analysis & Mapping (VAM) Unit in WFP Yangon....Highlights March 2008 * Rice prices continue to remain high following the sharp increase in December 2007. In some areas where the prices have eased, wages have also fallen, maintaining the pressure felt by poor households. * Food security in NRS continues to be in a precarious state. Most of the landless households have had insufficient income to cover their food needs and have relied heavily on alternative coping mechanisms in the past several months. Severe hardship during the coming lean season is now almost a certainty. * In Kokang Special Region 1, employment opportunity decreased thus did the average income. Despite this, most of the poor households are still able to cover the basic food cost. * In Magway area, Yenanchaung finally shows a sign of recovering from the devastating effects of flooding. Female-headed households, however, remain below the survival line and need close monitoring. * New data collection in Kachin State provides a snap-shot of what could be a positive picture of income vs. expenditures balance; rice price is relatively steady and wages are higher than the national average. * In Mandalay, the increase in rice price is pushing more female-headed households below survival thresholds.