Haiti: Rapid Food Security Assessment Post-Hurricane Matthew, 7-10 October 2016
Summary: Rapid joint assessment by Haiti's CNSA, FAO and WFP conducted 7-10 October 2016 in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Matthew, finding 2.1 million people affected, of whom 1.4 million needed food assistance (806,000 requiring immediate assistance). It reports local production and livelihoods severely damaged and nearly wiped out in Grand'Anse and Sud, significant market price increases expected within three months, and deteriorating access to safe drinking water alongside a resurgence of cholera cases.
Key Findings
- The rapid assessment conducted from 7 to 10 October 2016 found 2.1 million people in need of food assistance after Hurricane Matthew, including 806,000 people in urgent need.
- Priority 1 areas had more than 75 percent of the population affected and livelihoods related to agriculture, livestock and fishing almost entirely destroyed.
- Priority 1 covered all Grande-Anse, most of the Sud coastline from Port-Salut to Tiburon, Ile-a-Vache, Cavaillon, Camp-Perrin, Chantal, Maniche and Petit-Trou-de-Nippes.
- Grande-Anse had almost 100 percent of its agriculture sector affected, seven of eleven communes inaccessible by road at assessment time, and local market availability limited mostly to tree fruits.
- Sud Department had irreversible damage to beans, yam, maize, cassava, millet and pigeon peas, with 90 percent of forest and fruit trees heavily hit.
- In Sud-Est, maize damage was 25 percent, other crop damage was 60 to 80 percent, livestock losses were 70 percent, fishing losses 60 percent and trade losses 40 percent.
How to cite
National Food Security Coordination (CNSA); Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO); World Food Programme (WFP), Haiti: Rapid Food Security Assessment Post-Hurricane Matthew, 7-10 October 2016, https://reliefweb.int/attachments/e4ac6642-b62f-338b-9151-b4dc3d20f9a7/wfp287955.pdf