The problem with food security assessments and a case for food sovereignty evaluative tools: comparing food security and food sovereignty assessments in Haiti

In this paper, we compare food security assessments from the World Food Programme, the Global Food Cluster, and the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification that inform Haitian food policy and service provisioning with the results from a food sovereignty assessment conducted in Haiti's North Department in 2024. We ultimately argue that food sovereignty evaluative tools can illuminate much that food security reports often overlook, including the significance of land access to food security, insights into gendered food insecurity, the relationships between food security health and mental health, localized experiences of climate change, and the impacts of economic policies on food culture.