Strengthening Agricultural Technologies among People Living with HIV: Lessons Learned in the Border Towns of Busia, Kenya and Busia, Uganda (2008)

Many HIV-affected households lack sufficient access to food, and there is a need to integrate livelihood strengthening approaches into programs working with people living with HIV (PLHIV). In 2007 and 2008, FANTA worked with Family Health International’s Regional Outreach Addressing AIDS through Development Strategies (ROADS) Project and with Uganda’s Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care to support the identification, diffusion, and application of appropriate technologies in two border towns, one in Kenya and one in Uganda, to improve the productivity of PLHIV agricultural activities.

This report discusses the results of this effort. The report recommends identifying simple agricultural technologies and applying them through linkages between PLHIV support groups and local agricultural institutions. The activity and report were funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID)/East Africa and USAID’s Office of Health, Infectious Diseases, and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health.

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