Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know

The impact of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on people’s lives and on development is staggering. Millions have died and livelihoods have been devastated, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture and natural resources are important components of such...

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Autores principales: Haddad, Lawrence J., Gillespie, Stuart
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Food Policy Research Institute 2001
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155769
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description The impact of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on people’s lives and on development is staggering. Millions have died and livelihoods have been devastated, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture and natural resources are important components of such livelihoods. And the nutritional status of those infected and affected plays a large part in determining their current welfare and their ability to further develop their livelihoods towards activities that help to mitigate the impacts of AIDS and prevent the spread of HIV. This paper first reviews the potential pathways through which HIV/AIDS affects assets and institutions generally and then the specific impacts on agriculture, natural resource management, food security, and nutrition. The review addresses the question of how the public sector can and should respond to these challenges. The focus is primarily on mitigation, though the authors note that effective mitigation can also serve as a very cost-effective form of prevention. As labor becomes depleted, new cultivation technologies and varieties need to be developed that do not rely so much on labor, yet allow crops to remain drought resistant and nutritious.
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spelling CGSpace1557692025-11-06T06:24:09Z Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know Haddad, Lawrence J. Gillespie, Stuart sustainability hiv infections nutritional status crops soil management food security nutrition infectious diseases The impact of human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) on people’s lives and on development is staggering. Millions have died and livelihoods have been devastated, particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agriculture and natural resources are important components of such livelihoods. And the nutritional status of those infected and affected plays a large part in determining their current welfare and their ability to further develop their livelihoods towards activities that help to mitigate the impacts of AIDS and prevent the spread of HIV. This paper first reviews the potential pathways through which HIV/AIDS affects assets and institutions generally and then the specific impacts on agriculture, natural resource management, food security, and nutrition. The review addresses the question of how the public sector can and should respond to these challenges. The focus is primarily on mitigation, though the authors note that effective mitigation can also serve as a very cost-effective form of prevention. As labor becomes depleted, new cultivation technologies and varieties need to be developed that do not rely so much on labor, yet allow crops to remain drought resistant and nutritious. 2001 2024-10-24T12:42:32Z 2024-10-24T12:42:32Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155769 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Haddad, Lawrence J.; Gillespie, Stuart. 2001. Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know. FCND Discussion Paper 112. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/155769
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Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know
title Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know
title_full Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know
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title_short Effective food and nutrition policy responses to HIV/AIDS: what we know and what we need to know
title_sort effective food and nutrition policy responses to hiv aids what we know and what we need to know
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hiv infections
nutritional status
crops
soil
management
food security
nutrition
infectious diseases
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