Etic and emic perspectives on HIV/AIDS impacts on rural livelihoods and agricultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa

NJAS - Wageningen Journal of Life Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 139-153

  Niehof, Anke ^a   Price, Lisa L ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural embeddedness; Farming; Health; Poverty

Indexed keywords

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CULTURE; FARMING SYSTEM; HEALTH IMPACT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; POVERTY; RURAL AREA; RURAL SOCIETY;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 63349095451     PISSN: 15735214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1573-5214(08)80003-6     Document Type: Article

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