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Haiti Perspectives sur la sécurité alimentaire No. 24: Bulletin de conjoncture (French) |

• Food security rapidly deteriorated in the aftermath of the January 12th earthquake, with serious economic and social consequences, particularly in the Port–au-Prince metropolitan area. Since then, the mass distribution of emergency food and non–food aid, the gradual resumption of business activity in the capital, the increase in cash–for–work programs, which have created more than 100,000 temporary jobs, and a relatively low rate of inflation have had a positive impact on food security conditions.

• The highly food insecure population is concentrated mainly in parts of the Northwestern peninsula, where harvests for the past two seasons were extremely poor, and in remote areas of Grand' Anse and Nippes (Figure 1).

• With response programs not yet fully established and the harvest of spring crops just beginning in some parts of the country, FEWS NET estimates that the number of food insecure Haitians is expected to increase slightly in May and June, and then decline between July and September with the spring harvest and the gradual increase in reconstruction programs. Estimates of the size of the food insecure population are expected to developed based on the findings of two joint assessments by CNSA, WFP, FEWS NET, and other partners, including an assessment of the impact of the earthquake scheduled for June–July, and the comprehensive food security and vulnerability analysis scheduled for July–August.