Haiti and Fao Strengthening Food and Nutrition Security and Enhancing Rural Incomes

HAITI AND FAO STRENGTHENING FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY AND ENHANCING RURAL INCOMES

Haiti has enjoyed a dynamic partnership with FAO for more than 40 years. FAO interventions have focused on food security and nutrition through support to the formulation of national agricultural policies and implementation of development programmes. Today, a key part of cooperation is resource mobilization in support of programme implementation through collaborative arrangements such as South-South Cooperation (SSC).

CELEBRATING 40 YEARS IN Matching FAO’s expertise to Haiti’s development priorities FAO assistance in Haiti is shaped by the 2017-2020 HAITI FAO Country Programming Framework (CPF), Established in 1978, the FAO Representation in which is centred on four priority areas. Haiti is pleased to be celebrating its ➨➨Institutional capacity building on food and 40th anniversary. nutrition security, to ensure that information systems are functional and intersectoral interventions are integrated and coordinated From emergency response to ➨➨Development of agricultural value chains, to development develop a high-performance agriculture sector ➨➨Conservation and management of natural Haiti is still in a reconstruction phase following the resources including strengthening of related major earthquake in 2010, Hurricane Sandy in 2012, information systems drought in 2015 and Hurricane Matthew in 2016. ➨➨Building resilience to natural disasters and food crises, developing post-disaster policies Hurricane Matthew caused considerable damage to the adopting appropriate enviromental and climate agriculture, livestock and fisheries sectors, on which change policies two-thirds of the population are dependent for their livelihoods. Estimates put these damages to 7 percent of The CPF reflects relevant priorities in key national development policies and is fully aligned with the GDP, and 31 percent in terms of lost value added from UN Development Assistance Framework for Haiti. agricultural activities. It also supports FAO’s Strategic Objectives and the Regional Initiatives: After a period of emergency response, since 2014 there has been a change of focus in FAO’s activities - from ➨➨Hunger-Free Latin America and the Caribbean emergency agricultural relief to sustainable economic ➨➨Family Farming and Rural Territorial and agricultural development. Development in Latin America and the Caribbean ➨➨Improving Food Systems in the Caribbean Haiti is also included in a global initiative for CONTACT strengthening the resilience of livelihoods during Mr Jose Luis FERNANDEZ crises. FAO Representative in Haiti New CPF review FAO Representation The 2017-2020 CPF is currently under revision to 5, Impasse Devimé. 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