HIV/Aids, Urban Agriculture and Community Mobilisation: cases from Zimbabwe

Author(s)
Mubvami, T.
Publication language
English
Pages
4pp
Date published
01 Jul 2007
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Capacity development, Community-led, Livelihoods, Agriculture, Urban
Countries
Zimbabwe

 HIV and Aids affect all communities – both urban and rural. This article looks at how urban agriculture can be a way to integrate the HIV/Aids-infected and -affected households in a community. The article starts by highlighting some of the issues relating to HIV/Aids and
their impact before presenting case studies that demonstrate how urban agriculture has been used to integrate HIV/Aids-affected households into communities.