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| Name | HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Malawi: Background to Action |
| Description | Ngwira, N., S. Bota and M.E. Loevinsohn, 2002. HIV/AIDS, Agriculture and Food Security in Malawi: Background to Action. RENEWAL Working Paper 1.In many cases there is little reliable evidence to guide agricultural-linked actions that seek to prevent HIV’s spread or mitigate AIDS’ impacts. It is essential that future actions are well monitored and evaluated using a consistent set of indicators, that the findings are used in planning and are made widely available. The impact of AIDS on agricultural sector institutions is still not well quantified but has been severe. This must be stabilized if these institutions are to play their necessary role, through their “core business”, in rural areas. There is need for detailed information to form the basis for personnel replacement program e.g. training and deployment. The tendency is for the government to leave grassroots activities to NGOs. These are the activities that can really make an impact on the quality of lives of families at risk of HIV and affected by AIDS. Government programs and policy in agriculture are still largely blind as concerns HIV/AIDS, and may be having unintended effects, beneficial and detrimental. Possibly the most difficult barrier for agricultural RD&E to get over so as to contribute to prevention and mitigation will be in understanding the situations of at risk and affected people, and responding accordingly. Existing technology employed in different ways will probably be capable of meeting many of their needs. Innovation in institutional relationships, at the community level and among agricultural and health sector organizations, will be key. • There are important opportunities for collaboration between organizations in the public health/AIDS sector and the agricultural/rural development sector. This can be seen in the convergence around common concerns at the intersection of their interests. |
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