Asset Preservation in African Agriculture in the Face of HIV/AIDS: The Role of Education
| Autor: | Malcolm F. McPherson |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Consumption (economics)
Economics and Econometrics Economic growth medicine.disease Agricultural and Biological Sciences (miscellaneous) Human capital Craft Intervention (law) Physical capital Work (electrical) Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) medicine Business Asset (economics) health care economics and organizations |
| Zdroj: | American Journal of Agricultural Economics. 87(5):1298-1303 |
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8276.2005.00822.x |
| Popis: | HIV/AIDS degrades the assets of African farm families. The epidemic erodes the family's resources (time, human capital, physical capital, and finances), fragments their social and economic networks, and undermines their organizational capacities. To counteract these adverse impacts, farm families would benefit from assistance that replenishes their assets, modifies their activities, reorganizes their work routines, revives their support networks, and provides access to new knowledge. HIV/AIDS-affected farm families, however, face a Catch 22. With an eroding asset base, they are losing the capacities to craft and sustain the necessary changes. Education, both formal and non-formal, is an external intervention that would help farm families offset the effects of HIV/AIDS. Education enables family members to enhance their knowledge, augment their skills, and take advantage of new information about production, consumption, and welfare-enhancing opportunities. This article argues that education and learning, if selectively and sensitively provided, would help farm families preserve their assets in the face of HIV/AIDS. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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