The number of workers earning less than two dollars a day and living in abject poverty has reached a record 1.4 billion people, the International Labour Organisation said on Tuesday, the ILO said in its World Employment Report 2004. Farmers and agricultural workers suffer the most from earnings below the two dollar poverty line, the UN's labour agency added as it called for a huge boost to the quality of jobs on offer. About 40% of workers in developing countries are employed in agriculture, yet most of their jobs are informal or poorly paid, making it a key sector for development, the ILO said.