The Analysis of the IPC (Integrated Food Security Classification) index for the period from February to May 2017 reveals that about 1.7 million were classified in the crisis phase (IPC 3).

"Phase 3 : Acute Food and Livelihood Crisis

Highly stressed and critical lack of food access with high and above usual malnutrition and accelerated depletion of livelihood assets that, if continued, will slide the population into Phase 4 or 5 and / or likely result in chronic poverty."

And more than 650,000 people have been classified in the emergency phase (IPC 4).

"Phase 4 : Humanitarian Emergency

Severe lack of food access with excess mortality, very high and increasing malnutrition, and irreversible livelihood asset stripping."

The departments most affected by Hurricane Matthew (Nippes, Grand'Anse, South) are classified in Phase 3 (crisis). In addition, the Southeast and the Upper Artibonite which have faced two consecutive years of drought are also classified in Phase 3.

In spite of emergency aid, a deterioration in the humanitarian situation was observed at the beginning of the second quarter of 2017, which resulted in a very large decapitalisation of households and very limited access to food, the inability of households to produce food and to generate income mainly in remote areas.

To compensate for this situation, households opt for negative mitigation measures, such as increasing charcoal production, which is harmful to an already severely degraded environment, placement of children in foster families; Migration to cities, sale of non-food items, non-enrollment / dropout of children, reduction in the number of meals per day.

Note that the IPC scale includes 5 levels with the highest IPC5 corresponding to the level of Famine / Humanitarian Catastrophe.

See also :

https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-20612-haiti-agriculture-critical-situation-in-grand-anse.html

HL/ S/ HaitiLibre