(2024) Haïti : Plan de réponse aux besoins humanitaires 2024 (chapitre FAO)

Haiti Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2024 Agriculture is an increasingly vital lifeline for people in Haiti. Rising insecurity and low harvests have pushed food prices up. The violence is disrupting markets, supply chains, local food availability and access, and the safe movement of people and goods. Over 75 percent of Haiti’s most food-insecure people are in rural areas. They need urgent supplies to continue producing food for their families and community. 528 000 people FAO REQUIRES USD 42.6 million JANUARY–DECEMBER 2024 ©FAO TO ASSIST What investments in agriculture can achieve USD 180 Through the provision of 100 g of seed, a household can produce ten types of nutritious vegetables ready for consumption in 10-12 weeks, worth around USD 2 500 on the local market. Enable quick access to nutritious food as well as income to purchase seeds and tools to grow other types of food crops USD 460 Through the provision of crop seeds, a household can cultivate 0.24 ha of land and produce an estimated 0.66 tonnes of bean, cassava and rice, worth USD 1 350 on the local market. Support a family of 5 with staple food for up to 6 months USD 500 With a poultry-raising package (one rooster, ten hens and material to build chicken coops), a household can produce around 35 eggs per week, worth USD 20‑25 on the local market. Enable a family to regularly consume protein and sell eggs throughout the year Projected acute food insecurity situation (March–June 2024) North Atlantic Ocea n Nord-Ouest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) 1 – Minimal Nord Nord-Est 2 – Stressed 3 – Crisis Artibonite 4 – Emergency 5 – Famine Centre Grande-Anse Ouest Nippes Sud Not analysed Ouest Ca ribbea n S ea T H E D O M IN ICAN R EP U B L IC Sud-Est 0 50 km Urgency of humanitarian agricultural assistance Haiti remains one of nine countries in the world facing the risk of famine and one of five countries with more than 10 percent of the population in Emergency (IPC Phase 4). Indeed, the number of Haitians in Emergency (IPC Phase 4) has steadily increased over the past four years, despite a slight decrease in 2023, with 620 000 people projected to experience high levels of acute food insecurity in March–June 2024 if appropriate assistance is not provided. The humanitarian situation in the country has sharply deteriorated due to overlapping crises, namely linked to intensified violence perpetrated by armed groups, record‑high inflation, climate shocks and epidemics such as cholera. Gang violence continues to have a detrimental effect on the population’s food security, with an increase in kidnappings, armed attacks and sexual violence. This has resulted in major internal displacement and the disruption of markets and of the movement of people and goods, including agricultural products. The delay of the rainy season and rainfall deficits affected the outcome of the 2023 spring season – typically representing half of the national agricultural production – while heavy rains in mid-November triggered severe flooding damaging crops, homes and infrastructure. This has led to local agricultural production deficits and market supply chain dysfunction that maintain food prices high, hindering availability of and access to food. In 2023, agricultural production has decreased by around 39 percent for maize, 34 percent for rice and 22 percent for sorghum compared with the five‑year average. Boosting vulnerable farming families’ agricultural and livestock production will increase their self-reliance and strengthen their resilience against future shocks. Source: IPC. 2023. Haiti: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification Snapshot, August 2023–June 2024. Port-au-Prince, Haiti. https:// www.ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_upload/ipcinfo/docs/IPC_Haiti_ AcuteFoodInsec_Aug2023_June2024_Snapshot_English.pdf Drivers of food insecurity Gang violence Internal displacement Inflation Socio-political unrest Climatic shocks Key facts Country population: 11.8 million 4.43 million people likely to experience high levels of acute food insecurity (IPC Phase 3 or above) 115 600 children suffer from severe acute malnutrition, a 30% increase compared with 2022 64 400 suspected cases of cholera (September 2023) 200 000 internally displaced people, of whom 93% due to gang violence USD 9.10 out of 100 in humanitarian assistance to food sectors went to support agriculture and livelihoods (2016–2022) In 2023, FAO reached about 18 500 households (92 500 people) through emergency agricultural support. For example, 8 140 households benefited from eight distribution campaigns enabling them to produce a total of 398 tonnes of cereals, vegetables and tubers; 18 Farmer Field Schools were set up and 420 people were trained on good agricultural practices for improved production; 5 000 households received 5 000 small ruminants and 10 500 poultry; and 6 500 households received a total of 6 000 tools for market-gardening. Under the overall lead of the Coordination nationale de la sécurité alimentaire, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), as co-lead of the Food Security Sector in Haiti together with the World Food Programme, works closely with 92 local and international partners, including the IPC Global Support Unit, to ensure a needs-based, coordinated and effective response. ©FAO Coordination FAO priorities 10 kg of bean seed, 5 kg of rice seed and 300 cassava cuttings Improve staple food and vegetable production Protect livestock assets and restore production Cost per household (USD) 460 Number of beneficiary households 55 600 Total cost (USD) 25 576 000 100 g of certified vegetable seed (aubergine, cabbage, carrot, chili, leek, okra, onion, pepper, spinach and tomato), tools (watering can, machete, etc.) and 50 kg of fertilizers 180 25 000 4 500 000 Provision of goats 500 15 000 7 500 000 Provision of poultry and material for building chicken coops 500 10 000 REQUIRED CITATION FAO. 2024. Haiti: Humanitarian Needs and Response Plan 2024. Rome. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc9501en The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on the map(s) in this information product do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of FAO concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities, or concerning the delimitation of its frontiers and boundaries. Dashed lines on maps represent approximate border lines for which there may not yet be full agreement. Some rights reserved. This work is available under a CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO licence Funds needed by Planned implementation period Main/spring season: February February–March Summer season: June July–September Autumn season: August September–January Year-round Year-round March April–December 5 000 000 Contact FAO Representation in Haiti FAO-HT@fao.org | fao.org/haiti Port-au-Prince, Haiti FAO Office of Emergencies and Resilience OER-Director@fao.org | fao.org/emergencies Rome, Italy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ©FAO, 2024 CC9501EN/1/02.24 Type of assistance to be provided/content of assistance package Priority