The social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on farming systems and livelihoods in rural Africa: Some experience and lessons from Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia

Barnett, Tony; Tumushabe, Joseph; Bantebya, Grace; Ssebuliba, R.; Ngasongwa, Juma; Kapinga, D.; Ndelike, Monica; Drinkwater, Michael J.; Mitti, Godfrey; Haslwimmer, Martina

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“…45 Barnett et al (1995) in Uganda evidence present evidence of households shifting farming activity away from high value cash crops toward crops for own consumption. For rural Kenya, Yamano and Jayne (2004), using household fixed effects, find no change in area devoted to food crops after an adult death but a large reduction in area allocated to cash crops such as coffee and tea if the death is of a male head of household.…”

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Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

Glick

2007

SSRN Journal

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This paper examines the complex linkages of poverty, reproductive/sexual health and behavior, and HIV/AIDS in Africa. It addresses the following questions:(1) what have we learned to date about these links and what are the gaps in knowledge to be addressed by further research; (2) what is known about the effectiveness for HIV prevention of reproductive health and HIV/AIDS interventions and policies in Africa; and (3) what are the appropriate methodological approaches to research on these questions. With regard to what has been learned so far, the paper pays considerable attention in particular to the evidence regarding the impacts of a range of HIV interventions on risk behaviors and HIV incidence. Other sections review the extensive microeconomic literature on the impacts of AIDS on households and children in Africa and the effects of the epidemic on sexual risk behavior and fertility decisions. With regard to methodology, the paper assesses the approaches used in the literature to deal with, among other things, the problem of self-selection and nonrandomness in the placement of HIV and reproductive health programs. Data requirements for different research questions are discussed, and an effort is made to assess what researchers can learn from existing sources such as Demographic and Health Surveys.3

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Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

Glick

2007

SSRN Journal

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“…The Kenya government has employed public education to prevent new HIV infections and provision of anti-retroviral (ARV) drugs to the infected persons to increase their lifespan and improve the quality of lives. The government has also increased access to education through provision of free basic education, increase in academic institutions among others since education in itself is an important tool in combating HIV and AIDS [3][4][5][6].…”

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Factors Determining Media-based Partner/Spouse Seeking in the Era of HIV and AIDS Pandemic

Miriti¹,

Kasili²,

Wanzala³

2016

Epidemiology (Sunnyvale)

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Marrying or looking for a lifetime soul mate or partner in the era of HIV and AIDS pandemic is problematic, worrying and a nightmare. Dating has to a number of people been elevated media platform recently. HIV and AIDS is a reality among partners and spouse seekers but little research has been done to understand this spouse/partner seeking behavior. The present study evaluated factors influencing the choices of partners and/or spouses in Kenya dating through media.

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“…Studies conducted in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia have shown that HIV/AIDS follows a different pattern in each village and district [12]. Geographic and ethnic factors, religion, gender, age, marriage, customs and agro-ecological conditions play a role in the pattern and impact of HIV/AIDS and in people's perception of the disease.…”

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Impact of HIV and AIDS on household food and nutrition security in Suba District, Kenya

Musita¹,

Ariga²,

Kaseje³

et al. 2010

African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development

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The impact of HIV/AIDS on household food and nutrition security in Suba district was studied in a quasi longitudinal study. Households with People Living with HIV/AIDS (Index-25%) and three surrounding households (control-75%) were considered for the study. Data were collected on demographic characteristics of the households, land ownership, cultivated land by crop, crop yield, livestock kept by category, diet composition, frequency of hunger, experience of weight loss in the households and expenditure on food. Categorization among the index households was based on disease progression stages: Stage 1(with no symptoms), Stage 2 (Symptomatic-(CD4>200, CD4 <200) and on antiretroviral, Stage 3( bedridden patients), and Stage 4 (households with HIV related deaths). Results showed households with bedridden members had the highest land ownership of more than 3 acres (62 per cent), while those with CD4 < 200 and on ARVs had the least land (28 per cent). The proportion of index households with uncultivated land was 3 times higher than control households. Index households significantly planted less maize but equally planted beans, sorghum/millet, cassava, groundnuts and tomatoes, whose yields were comparatively less. Control (non index) households kept more goats, sheep, cattle and chicken than index households. Households that had suffered HIV related deaths had lower overall rate of expenditure on food due to reduction in household income. Death increased household consumption of home produced food partially making up for the lost income. The incidence of hunger was found to be slightly higher among the controls with chronically ill (65 per cent) than among index households (63 per cent). Eating of non balanced food and loss of weight in the last one month was significantly higher in index than non index households. The mean expenditure on food was also less in index (8.5 US $) than non index households (9.2 US $). It is imperative, therefore, that appropriate intervention measures be put in place to combat food and nutrition insecurity among People Living with HIV/AIDS and their families in order for them to benefit from the life prolonging effects of ARVs.

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The social and economic impact of HIV/AIDS on farming systems and livelihoods in rural Africa: Some experience and lessons from Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia

Cited by 37 publications

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Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

Reproductive Health and Behavior, HIV/AIDS, and Poverty in Africa

Factors Determining Media-based Partner/Spouse Seeking in the Era of HIV and AIDS Pandemic

Impact of HIV and AIDS on household food and nutrition security in Suba District, Kenya

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