What has AIDS to do with agriculture?

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1995
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en
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CTA. 1995. What has AIDS to do with agriculture?. Spore 57. CTA, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
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What has AIDS to do with agriculture?
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By the year 2000, the current projection of the World Health Organization (WHO) is that there will be a cumulative total of 30-40 million HIV infections in men, women and children. WHO estimates that 10 million people have been infected by HIV in sub-Saharan Africa. The disease affects the most productive age group in the population, those between 15 and 49 years of age - a fact which is unique to HIV/AIDS in comparison with other diseases such as malaria or cholera. HIV/AIDS is a medical problem, but has social and economic dimensions as well. What has AIDS to do with agriculture? is based on a study undertaken by FAO in 1993 and financed by UNDP to assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on agricultural production systems in Uganda, Tanzania and Zambia. The objective of the brochure is to create awareness about the effects of the pandemic on agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa. It describes the impact of HIV/AIDS on crop and animal production and further rural livelihood strategies for small farmers and it presents recommendations for mitigating these effects. What has AIDS to do with agriculture? by Martina Haslwimmer and Alison Small 1994 22pp Publications Division, FAO, Viale delle Terme di Caracalla, 00100 Rome, ITALY
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CROPS;
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Sub-Saharan Africa; Africa
Organizations Affiliated to the Authors
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
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