A Qualitative Study of the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agricultural Households in Southeastern Uganda

Dawn Parker, Kathryn H. Jacobsen and Maction K. Komwa
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Kathryn H. Jacobsen: Department of Global and Community Health, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr. Fairfax, VA 22030, USA
Maction K. Komwa: Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University, 4400 University Dr. Fairfax, VA 22030, USA

IJERPH, 2009, vol. 6, issue 8, 1-26

Abstract: The HIV/AIDS pandemic threatens economic, social, and environmental sustainability throughout sub-Saharan Africa. This paper reports on a qualitative study exploring interrelationships between HIV/AIDS, labor availability, agricultural productivity, household resources, food consumption, and health status in rural southeastern Uganda. Respondents reported an increase in widow-and-orphan-headed households; labor shortages due to illness and caretaking; degradation of household resources from health-related expenses; loss of land tenure and assets following deaths, especially for widows and orphans; and changes in agricultural practices and productivity. Our study highlights a potential downward spiral of livelihood degradation for vulnerable households and suggests targeted interventions to improve sustainability.

Keywords: HIV/AIDS; agriculture; food security; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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