Living with AIDS in Uganda: impacts on banana-farming households in two districts

This book was originally written as a doctoral dissertation. The research in this book was carried out among banana-farming households in the districts of Masaka and Kabarole in Uganda. A gendered livelihood approach was used. The research focused on the identification of critical factors that need...

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1. Verfasser: Karuhanga Beraho, Monica (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: HathiTrust Digital Library 2008
Schriftenreihe:AWLAE series no. 6
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Zusammenfassung:This book was originally written as a doctoral dissertation. The research in this book was carried out among banana-farming households in the districts of Masaka and Kabarole in Uganda. A gendered livelihood approach was used. The research focused on the identification of critical factors that need to be taken into consideration in the development of relevant policies for HIV/AIDS-affected agriculture-based households or those that are at risk. The book shows that HIV/AIDS causes significant negative effects on the lives of those affected. Their resources are affected due to HIV/AIDS-related labour loss and asset-eroding effects and disinvestment in production and child education. While in the overwhelming majority of the affected cases the effects of AIDS are negative and lead to increased impoverishment and vulnerability, for some households HIV/AIDS-related effects are manageable. It is concluded that a household's socio-economic status a
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-359). - Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002
Chapter 1. Introduction and background -- Chapter 2. Rural livelihoods: concepts and research framework -- Chapter 3. Research design and methodology -- Chapter 4. Farming households and farming in the study areas -- Chapter 5. Case studies -- Chapter 6. Livelihood activities and strategies -- Chapter 7. HIV/AIDS impact and vulnerability -- Chapter 8. Responding to HIV/AIDS and community level impacts -- Chapter 9. Conclusions and discussion
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (371 Seiten) Illustrationen, maps
ISBN:9789086866342
9086866344
DOI:10.3920/978-90-8686-634-2

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