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; diseases: 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)