World Food Programme expects acute hunger in Haiti to reach a record level

29 October 2026

The World Food Programme warned on 29 October that acute hunger in Haiti is on course to reach record levels. It projects that about 6.35 million people in the country will face acute food insecurity between March and June 2027. The agency said it has reached 2.6 million people in Haiti so far in 2026 and needs 78 million US dollars to keep its operations running through March. The humanitarian plan for Haiti is less than half funded. The warning came alongside an assessment from the Food and Agriculture Organization that armed violence is cutting people off from markets, land and farm inputs, and that a strong El Nino is bringing drier and hotter conditions that are expected to cause crop losses and delay planting into next year. Inflation of about 17 per cent has further cut what households can buy. The Food and Agriculture Organization is distributing emergency kits with seeds, poultry, ducks and goats so that families can produce their own milk and eggs.