Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief: Haiti, September-December 2010
Summary: EU-funded, FAO-prepared price monitoring brief for Haiti covering September-December 2010, reporting a steep rise in imported rice prices while generally remaining close to pre-earthquake levels. It documents Haiti facing a worrying cholera outbreak alongside violence linked to the November elections and flood damage from Hurricane Tomas, with food security continuing to improve overall even as parts of the country still reported high levels of hunger.
Key Findings
- The September-December 2010 price brief says imported rice prices had risen steeply in recent months but generally remained close to pre-earthquake levels.
- Port-au-Prince and Jacmel imported rice prices rose from 36.76 gourdes per kg in September to 45.93 and 55.13 gourdes per kg respectively in November.
- Local rice prices in Port-au-Prince were stable around 87.28 gourdes per kg in September and October before falling to 84.53 gourdes per kg in November, while Jacmel local rice reached 110.23 gourdes per kg in November.
- The brief says food security was improving because of good spring and summer crops, satisfactory import availability at relatively low prices until September, and cash and food for work programmes.
- The food security section still estimated 1.7 million people food insecure nationwide, with severe localized food insecurity and levels above the pre-earthquake situation.
- Total cereal production for 2010 was forecast at 502,000 tonnes, 9 percent below 2009 output but 8 percent above the five-year average, with 2010-2011 import requirements at 711,000 tonnes.
How to cite
European Union; Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Price Monitoring and Analysis Country Brief: Haiti, September-December 2010, https://reliefweb.int/attachments/81bbe50b-6f5b-3c92-aabc-9bc1f0786fcf/55E561F39F27B20CC125782D0051343E-Full_Report.pdf