The impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland

Micah B. Masuku and M.M. Sithole

Agrekon, 2009, vol. 48, issue 2, 21

Abstract: This study investigated the impact of HIV/AIDS on food security and household vulnerability in Swaziland. Personal interviews with 847 selected farming households revealed an increase in sales of crops and livestock to finance funerals and healthcare, a decrease in expenditure on agricultural inputs, and an increase in expenditure on medical bills and funerals. Most households were vulnerable to food insecurity. The affected households therefore need assistance in order to maintain food production and security, including support in the form of agricultural inputs such as fertilisers and seeds through the markets and special arrangements to allow them access to affordable inputs. Therapeutic feeding and home based care will be needed for the chronically ill in vulnerable households.

Keywords: Food; Security; and; Poverty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.53384

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