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IFPRI’s Program on “HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security”
HIV/AIDS and food insecurity are increasingly entwinedin a vicious cycle
International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
© 2006 Don Doering/IFPRI
IFPRI’s Program on “HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security”
Malnutrition and food insecurity heighten susceptibility to HIV exposure and infection
AIDS in turn exacerbates hunger and malnutrition
Links between the AIDS epidemic and hunger are particularly acute in rural communities
Households are often dependent on agriculture for both income and food
Links between HIV/AIDS and Agriculture
Agricultural policies that are blind to HIV/AIDS can accelerate the spread of the virus and fail to help households respond to its effects
Links between HIV/AIDS and Agriculture
IFPRI’s Program on “HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security”
AIDS, agriculture, and livelihoods
AIDS, community resilience, and social protection
AIDS and nutrition security
THEMES
The Regional Network on AIDS, Livelihoods & Food Security (RENEWAL)
RENEWAL brings together national networks of: researchers, policymakers, public & private
organizations NGOs
to focus on the interactions between HIV/AIDS and food and nutrition security
RENEWAL is active in Kenya, Malawi, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia
Goals of IFPRI’s research, outreach, and partnership activities
IFPRI seeks to better understand: how livelihoods,
particularly those based on agriculture, affect the spread of HIV & resilience to AIDS
Goals of IFPRI’s research, outreach, and partnership activities
how HIV and AIDS impact agricultural systems, livelihoods, and food & nutrition security
how food and nutrition policies and programs can help prevent or mitigate the impact of HIV and AIDS