Haiti

For more than three decades, IFPRI’s research and collaborations in the Latin America and Caribbean (LAC) region have produced rigorous evidence leading to innovative market and trade policies and effective social protection and nutritional programs. In the 1980s and 1990s, IFPRI’s research in the region centered on global and regional issues, particularly on the role […]

Virtual Event: June 11, 2024 – 9:30 AM- 11:15 AM EDT. This seminar will take stock of what we know of key drivers about protracted food crises and persistent fragility and about the obstacles to successful HDP action.

Experiences and strategies that can build food systems resilience to prevent food crises and conflict.

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October 11, 2016—Haiti, which was ravaged by Hurricane Matthew last week and a catastrophic earthquake in 2010, is the only country in the Americans with “alarming” hunger levels, according to the just-released 2016 Global Hunger Index. The country joins Sierra Leone, Yemen, Madagascar, Zambia, Chad, and the Central African Republic as the seven countries suffering […]

Study Shows Acting Early Is Key to Combating Child Malnutrition Washington, DC—Preventing infants and young children from becoming undernourished is much more effective than treating children who are already moderately malnourished, according to a study published in the February 16 issue of The Lancet, a leading medical journal. The study in Haiti found that child stunting, […]

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Volatile food prices, climate-change-driven shocks, conflict, economic downturns, and high population growth continue to raise serious concerns about food security and nutrition in many parts……