Effects of HIV/AIDS on farming systems in Eastern Africa

FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS (FAO). Farm Management and Production Economics Service

Publication Date 

1995
173 p|ill

A detailed account of a UNDP-funded study in three eastern African countries of the impact of HIV/AIDS on rural populations, their livelihoods and their farming systems. Considers direct and indirect costs, and the impact on the transmission of knowledge about farming

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Keywords 

Politics government and economics; economics; Livelihoods; sector: agriculture; Health; social determinants of health; Development/ Humanitarian; rural development; sexual health; Inclusion; society and social change; Global picture; poverty; Research; data collection; research design

Regional Focus 

Africa (AFRO)

Country focus 

Zambia; Uganda; Tanzania

Language 

English

Type of material 

text

Content type 

case studies

Publisher 

Food & Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)