Food Assistance Fact Sheet - Haiti

March 14, 2013

Food Security Situation

CIA World Factbook

• Haiti is a food deficit country that imports approximately 50 percent of its food, demonstrating a strong dependence on the international market. Half of Haitians live on less than $1 per day and three quarters live on less than $2 per day, making Haiti extremely vulnerable to price spikes in the global food market.     

• Drought and two storms caused substantial damage to crops and infrastructure in all ten departments in the country, especially in the southern peninsula and in the Northwest and Northeast. Between 1.5 and three million people are expected to suffer from significant food insecurity at least until the June harvest.

Food Assistance Programs

• The Office of Food for Peace (FFP) now targets 660,050 food insecure Haitians. 

• FFP partners with ACDI/VOCA, Catholic Relief Services, CARE, World Vision and the UN World Food Program on a variety of activities including food vouchers, cash for work, food for work, food for education, prevention of malnutrition and health promotion, agriculture and natural resource management, disaster readiness, and safety net support.

Food for Peace Contributions

Total Contributions:

Fiscal Year 2013 Contribution Breakdown:

*Estimated
Food Security Situation information provided by FEWS NET and Coordination Nationale de Sécurité Alimentaire (CNSA) as or March 2013.

Country Specific Guidance

• Fiscal Year 2013 Country Specific Information: Haiti

• Haiti Country Specific Information - Fiscal Year 2012

• Haiti Country Specific Information, Annex 1 - Fiscal Year 2012

• Haiti Prospective Food Security Assessment

• January 30, 2013 Pre-Award Meeting Notes

• Food Voucher Workshop, Jeremie, Haiti, September, 2012