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Planning Livestock Interventions with a Gender and HIV/AIDS Lens

Year of publication 2006

Pages 4

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) HIV/AIDS is having a profound impact on agriculture in many countries, including on the livestock sector. The challenges to men and women livestock keepers are increasing. At the same time, farm animals offer food, income and livelihood opportunities for rural households. It is important to understand the gendered dimensions of different livestock production systems to identify and plan appropriate livestock interventions that can reduce women and men’s livelihood vulnerability, and to mitigate the impacts of HIV/AIDS on household food security.

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