Food security - Publications and resources

Reports and articles:

1. Report by IFPRI: HIV/AIDS and Food and Nutrition Security. From Evidence to Action
2. Report by IFPRI: Linking Migration, HIV/AIDS and Urban Food Security in Southern and Eastern Africa
3. Implications of HIV/AIDS on Food Security: Related Resources

Guidelines:

1. FAO, Guidelines: Incorporating HIV/AIDS Considerations into Food Security and Livelihood Projects
2. UNAIDS, Guidelines: Linking Research and Action. Rethinking Food Aid to Fight AIDS
3. Save the Children, Guidelines: Livelihoods & HIV/AIDS A Guide to the Linkages, Measurement & Programming Implications
   This paper is interesting for anyone who requires an introduction to the linkages between food security, livelihoods and HIV and AIDS. The document is also useful as a guide to the many issues that need to be considered when carrying out assessments and when planning interventions. The focus is specifically on economic impacts of AIDS.
4. Development Cooperation Ireland, Research: Household livelihood - Northern Province Zambia
   This report summarizes the findings of the household livelihood research and comprises two sections. Section A presents the results from the participatory livelihood analysis. Section B describes findings from the quantitative household baseline survey.
5. SEAGA, guide for extension workers: Addressing HIV/AIDS through Agriculture and Natural Resource Sectors The purpose of this guide is to enable extension workers and development agents to contribute to addressing the rural AIDS epidemic through agriculture and natural resource sector initiatives. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, UN
6. UNDP, Study Paper: The Implications of HIV/AIDS for Rural Development Policy and Programming: Focus on Sub-Saharan Africa
   This paper examines the implications of the HIV epidemic for rural development policies and programmes in sub-Saharan Africa and, in particular: the inter-relationships between rural development and HIV and AIDS; and the broad policy and programming challenges that the epidemic poses for rural institutions. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization, UN
7. Horizons, Case Study: Transcending Boundaries to Improve the Food Security of HIV-affected Households in Rural Uganda
   This report provides a case study of a process to bring key technical sectors together with communities in a partnership for reducing food insecurity among HIV-affected households in Tororo, Uganda. Source: Population Council