Hiv Aids Gender And Rural Livelihoods In Sub Saharan Africa

Author : Tanja R. Müller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789086865352

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HIV/AIDS, gender and rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa by Tanja R. Müller Pdf

This second publication in the AWLAE series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa discusses the gender dimension of HIV/AIDS impact at household and community level. It does so in using the threefold typology of gender specific constraints, gender intensified disadvantages and gender imposed constraints. Special foci of attention include the implications of gender constraints for food security in rural settings, where women are the main producers of food crops as well as the main caregivers; and how cultural norms determine the different options open to women in contrast to men in mitigating the effects of the epidemic. This last point provides the link to the last publication in the series, which discusses agricultural mitigation strategies in the context of HIV/AIDS as a challenge to human development. The text is followed by an annotated bibliography.This second publication in the AWLAE series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa discusses the gender dimension of HIV/AIDS impact at household and community level. It does so in using the threefold typology of gender specific constraints, gender intensified disadvantages and gender imposed constraints. Special foci of attention include the implications of gender constraints for food security in rural settings, where women are the main producers of food crops as well as the main caregivers; and how cultural norms determine the different options open to women in contrast to men in mitigating the effects of the epidemic. This last point provides the link to the last publication in the series, which discusses agricultural mitigation strategies in the context of HIV/AIDS as a challenge to human development. The text is followed by an annotated bibliography.

Author : Anke Niehof,Gabriel Rugalema
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2019-01-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136536779

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AIDS and Rural Livelihoods by Anke Niehof,Gabriel Rugalema Pdf

AIDS epidemics continue to threaten the livelihoods of millions of people in sub-Saharan Africa. Three decades after the disease was first recognized, the annual death toll from AIDS exceeds that from wars, famine and floods combined. Yet despite millions of dollars of aid and research, there has previously been little detailed on-the-ground analysis of the multifaceted impacts on rural people. Filling that gap, this book brings together recent evidence of AIDS impacts on rural households, livelihoods, and agricultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa. There is particular emphasis on the role of women in affected households, and on the situation of children. The book is unique in presenting micro-level information collected by original empirical research in a range of African countries, and showing how well-grounded conclusions on trends, impacts and local responses can be applied to the design of HIV-responsive policies and programmes. AIDS impacts are more diverse than we previously thought, and local responses more varied - sometimes innovative, sometimes desperate. The book represents a major contribution to our understanding of the impacts of AIDS in the epidemic's heartland, and how these can be managed at different levels.

Author : Tanja R. Müller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789086865321

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HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa by Tanja R. Müller Pdf

This publication is the first in a series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa with the overall objective of providing a resource base on issues of rural development in a broad sense in the times of HIV/AIDS. This first book discusses the impact of the epidemic as it has emerged over the last decades at different levels of the agricultural sector, namely the farming system level, the livelihood level, and the household level. In a further step, impact on the agricultural estate sector as well as pastoralism is discussed. One overarching issue that emerges is the importance of gender attributes to adequately understand and address HIV/AIDS impact - the topic at the centre of the second part of the series. The text ends with a discussion of HIV/AIDS in relation to other shocks that befall rural livelihoods. It is followed by an annotated bibliography.

Author : Tanja R. Müller
Publisher : Brill Wageningen Academic
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Medical
ISBN : STANFORD:36105115117595

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HIV/AIDS and Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa by Tanja R. Müller Pdf

Provides a resource base on issues of rural development in a broad sense in the times of HIV/AIDS. This book discusses the impact of the epidemic as it has emerged over the last decades at different levels of the agricultural sector, namely the farming system level, the livelihood level, and the household level.

Author : Doris Muhwezi Kakuru
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789086865864

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The combat for gender equality in education by Doris Muhwezi Kakuru Pdf

This book, which was originally written as a dissertation, broadens the approach to gender equality in primary education by exploring the magnitude of complex interactions between schools and rural livelihood household processes in the context of HIV/AIDS. The arguments are based on recent ethnographic research using dimensions of rural pupils', parents', and teachers' responses to the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on their livelihoods. It gives insight into some of the current debates that have been generated in the field of education, HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods.

Author : Tanja R. Müller
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2023-08-28
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9789086865604

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HIV/AIDS and human development in sub-Saharan Africa by Tanja R. Müller Pdf

This third part of the AWLAE series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa focuses on the epidemic as a challenge to human development in general and rural development in particular. In the face of the impact of the epidemic as described in parts one and two of the series, the agricultural sector can play an important role in mitigating some of its effects. Strategies for agricultural intervention are of particular importance in sub-Saharan Africa, given the fact that most of the countries hardest hit by the epidemic are heavily reliant on agriculture. Different agricultural sector based mitigation strategies are discussed. It is further argued, however, that such interventions need to be complemented by interventions from the health and other sectors, in particular by treatment regimes including access to anti-retroviral drugs. The text is followed by an annotated bibliography.

Author : Joanna White,Elizabeth Robinson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 63 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2000-01
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : 0859545172

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HIV/AIDS and Rural Livelihoods in Sub-Saharan Africa by Joanna White,Elizabeth Robinson Pdf

This series focuses upon policies which affect the management of natural resources in support of sustainable livelihoods, primarily in developing countries. Its core is issues which affect livelihoods of poor people in rural areas, but it also recognizes linkages - notably the role of non-natural resource components in livelihoods, the interests of the urban poor, and the role of associated factors such as health and education. It aims to provide topical analysis to inform development practitioners concerned with issues of poverty in development.

Author : Josep A. Garí
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : UOM:39015052698456

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Plant Diversity, Sustainable Rural Livelihoods and the HIV/AIDS Crisis by Josep A. Garí Pdf

Author : Malte Steinbrink,Hannah Niedenführ
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2019-10-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9783030228415

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Africa on the Move by Malte Steinbrink,Hannah Niedenführ Pdf

This book discusses migration and space-spanning social network relationships as normal realities of life in African societies. It offers an overview of the research landscape and introduces an agency-centered theoretical model that provides a conceptual framework for translocality. The authors Malte Steinbrink and Hannah Niedenführ plead for a translocal approach to social transformation, showing how the translocality of livelihoods is shaping the lives of half a billion people on the continent and impacting local conditions. Using an action-oriented approach, the book analyzes the effects of translocal livelihoods on diverse aspects of economic, environmental and social change in rural Sub-Saharan Africa. The study thus makes an innovative contribution not only to migration research and development studies but also to the discussion around the policy and practice of development cooperation and planning. It is time to rethink development in light of translocal realities. The book appeals to scholars and researchers in geography, sociology, policy-making and planning, development studies, migration research and rural development.

Author : Stuart Gillespie,Stuart R. Gillespie
Publisher : Intl Food Policy Res Inst
Page : 375 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780896297586

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AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger by Stuart Gillespie,Stuart R. Gillespie Pdf

"The global AIDS epidemic has caused over 25 million deaths since 1981, and there is no end in sight. It is a multidimensional, phased, long-wave crisis with impacts that will be felt for decades to come. Attempts to defeat the epidemic are conventionally grounded in the three core pillars of AIDS policy: prevention, treatment and care, and mitigation. But there is also an urgent need for a deeper understanding of the integral role that food and nutrition can and should play, and a corresponding urgency to use that understanding to improve responses at all levels.The 18 essays in AIDS, Poverty, and Hunger: Challenges and Responses contribute to such an understanding by examining the impacts of HIV and AIDS on labor markets and wages, household income and consumption dynamics, and the agricultural sector as a whole; by studying the ways in which households respond to prime-age illness, death, and food insecurity; and by exploring the implications of local responses for the roles that national and international actors must play in addressing the AIDS-hunger nexus.This book creates an opportunity for development professionals to build the conceptual links lacking in current multisectoral frameworks, assess impacts and costs, propose indicators and monitoring systems, and design appropriate food- and nutrition-related interventions and policies."

Author : Carolyne I. Nombo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2023-07-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789086866311

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When AIDS meets poverty by Carolyne I. Nombo Pdf

This book is the fifth in the AWLAE series. The AWLAE titles address the issue of gendered impacts of HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa. The present book is based on research in a village in Tanzania about the role of social capital in mitigating AIDS impacts, at the level of the household and within the local community. It contributes to the current knowledge base on social capital by questioning general assumptions on the role of social capital in rural livelihoods in a context of high HIV/AIDS prevalence. Using a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods, the research yielded empirical evidence about the limitations of social capital as a resource for the poor. Both the generation and sustenance of social capital at household level are severely challenged by declining access to other livelihood assets as a consequence of HIV/AIDS. In a situation where HIV/AIDS is still shrouded in secrecy and stigma at the community level, a decline of trust in social relations and community institutions as well as a proliferation of witchcraft accusations, could be observed. This insightful publication provides a timely contribution to the discourse on the significance of social capital for the poor, ensuring that social scientists will never look at social capital in quite the same way.

Author : Getnet Tadele,Helmut Kloos
Publisher : Springer
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137009951

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Vulnerabilities, Impacts, and Responses to HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa by Getnet Tadele,Helmut Kloos Pdf

This book examines HIV/AIDS vulnerabilities, impacts and responses in the socioeconomic and cultural context of Sub-Saharan Africa. With contributions from social scientists and public health experts, the volume identifies gender inequality and poverty as the main causes of the HIV epidemic in sub-Saharan Africa.

Author : Meera Kaul Shah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : AIDS (Disease)
ISBN : IND:30000095252833

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Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agricultural Productivity and Rural Livelihoods in the Central Region of Malawi by Meera Kaul Shah Pdf

Author : Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt,Fred Mawunyo Dzanku,Aida Cuthbert Isinika
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2018-01-19
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780192519962

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Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa by Agnes Andersson Djurfeldt,Fred Mawunyo Dzanku,Aida Cuthbert Isinika Pdf

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read at Oxford Scholarship Online and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations. Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa uses a longitudinal cross-country comparative approach to contribute to the understanding of smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. Relying on unique household level data collected in six African countries since 2002, it addresses the dynamics of intensification and diversification within and outside agriculture in contexts where women have much poorer access to agrarian resources than men. Despite a growing interest in smallholder agriculture in Africa, this interest has not been matched by the research on the subject. While recent policies focus on reducing poverty through encouraging smallholder agriculture, there are few studies showing how livelihoods have changed since this time, and especially how such changes may have affected male and female headed households differently. Moreover, agriculture is often viewed in isolation from other types of income generating opportunities, like small scale trading. Agriculture, Diversification, and Gender in Rural Africa looks at how livelihoods have changed over time and how this has affected the relationship between agricultural and non-agricultural sources of livelihoods. In general, women have much poorer access to agricultural sources of income, and for this reason the interplay between farm and non-farm sources of income is especially important to analyse. Providing suggestions for more inclusive policies related to rural development, this edited volume outlines current weaknesses and illustrates potential opportunities for change. It offers a nuanced alternative to the current dominance of structural transformation narratives of agricultural change through adding insights from gender studies as well as village-level studies of agrarian development. It positions change in relation to broader livelihood dynamics outside the farm sector and contextualises them nationally and regionally to provide a necessary analytical adaption to the unfolding empirical realities of rural Africa.

Author : Stephen Devereux,Rachel Sabates-Wheeler,Richard Longhurst
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 341 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2013-07-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136494406

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Seasonality, Rural Livelihoods and Development by Stephen Devereux,Rachel Sabates-Wheeler,Richard Longhurst Pdf

Seasonality is a severe constraint to sustainable rural livelihoods and a driver of poverty and hunger, particularly in the tropics. Many poor people in developing countries are ill equipped to cope with seasonal variations which can lead to drought or flood and consequences for agriculture, employment, food supply and the spread of disease. The subject has assumed increasing importance as climate change and other forms of development disrupt established seasonal patterns and variations. This book is the first systematic study of seasonality for over twenty years, and it aims to revive academic interest and policy awareness of this crucial but neglected issue. Thematic chapters explore recent shifts with profound implications for seasonality, including climate change, HIV/AIDS, and social protection. Case study chapters explore seasonal dimensions of livelihoods in Africa (Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi), Asia (Bangladesh, China, India), and Latin America (Peru). Others assess policy responses to adverse seasonality, for example through irrigation, migration and seasonally-sensitive education. The book also includes innovative tools for monitoring seasonality, which should enable more appropriate responses.