ABSTRACT
This chapter highlights the differential and multilayered effects of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) among banana farming households in the Masaka and Kabarole districts of Uganda. It discusses the differential effects of AIDS – gender, age and life course and, by extension, implications of those effects for food security among different actors. To have an understanding of the multilayered impacts of AIDS the results will focus on selected household characteristics and access to key assets of the surveyed households. Empirical data reveal that AIDS in the household results in a higher reduction of labour productivity compared to reduction caused by malaria and other diseases. AIDS-related impacts on household labour include poor health, increased care and orphan burden, and loss of income of sick or dead household members. AIDS-affected households experience the effects of increased expenditures due to AIDS-related treatment and care.
