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

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 the Regional Centre for Quality of Health Care to support the identification, diffusion and application of appropriate technologies in two border towns of Kenya and Uganda to improve the productivity of PLHIV agricultural activities.

Strengthening Agricultural Technologies Among People Living with HIV: Lessons Learned in the Border Towns of Busia, Kenya and Busia, Uganda reports 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 USAID/East Africa and USAID's Office of Health, Infectious Disease and Nutrition, Bureau for Global Health.

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