Transcending Boundaries to Improve the Food Security of HIV-affected Households in Rural Uganda: A Case Study

Transcending Boundaries to Improve the Food Security of HIV-affected Households in Rural Uganda: A Case Study

Katharine Coon, Jessica Ogden, John Odolon, Anthony Obudi-Owor, Charles Otim, James Byakigga, and Peter Spebanja
2007

Although knowledge and technologies exist in Uganda to better enable households to be food secure, agricultural sector programs are not promoting them as effectively as they could. Likewise, programs exist in the health and social welfare sectors to support HIV-affected households, but these do not generally incorporate the kinds of nutritional and agricultural know-how required to meet affected households' food security needs. This report provides recommendations on how these technical sectors, agriculture, health and nutrition, can be better integrated within communities to improve food security.

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