This executive brief presents key points and recommendations from the DIEM-Monitoring assessment conducted in Haiti in July 2024.
The data collection took place from 13 June to 10 July 2024. The survey covered all 10 departments in the country and reached 2 700 households through computer-assisted telephone interviews. The data are representative at department level and at several communal levels within the metropolitan area of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
KEY POINTS
- Violence and political unrest that escalated across Haiti during the first quarter of 2024, particularly in Ouest department and the HT04 livelihood zone (rice production basin) of Artibonite, have severely disrupted livelihoods by making access to workplaces and markets difficult, and exacerbating food insecurity and income instability.
- As in the previous round, conducted in January 2024, households involved in agricultural production have continued to have better food security outcomes compared to non-agricultural households according to the household hunger scale (HHS).
- Agricultural households without livestock had higher food insecurity (measured by HHS and the livelihood coping strategy index) compared to those with livestock. This trend, consistent with previous findings, suggests that providing small livestock to households without animals could help stabilize food security. Additionally, among agricultural households, those with casual farm labour as their main source of income were the most food-insecure, and should be one of the groups prioritized for cash and food assistance.
- The catastrophic consequences of natural disasters, such as droughts and hurricanes, have had repercussions on agricultural households, particularly in Grand’Anse, Nippes, Sud, Sud-Est and Nord-Ouest.
- According to the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), the level of prevalence of household food insecurity remains very alarming with 42 percent of households having experienced recent severe food insecurity, and 84 percent recent moderate or severe food insecurity.