Argues that using tissue-cultured technology is a potentially important way for smallholder banana farmers to improve their yields and income, doubly so in view of the impoverishing effects of high HIV/AIDS-prevalence in a rural banana-farming community in Maragua district, Central Kenya. The adoption of the technology and its continued use differs according to the resources endowment of the farming households. Lack of financial and physical capital, notably a water tank, inhibits adoption, irrespective of HIV/AIDS-status. However, households headed by elderly females dominate among the poor households and the HIV/AIDS-affected households. This illustrates how HIV/AIDS interfaces with poverty and, thereby, indirectly with the feasibility of sustainable technology adoption. The research also shows that livelihood decisions and strategies of farming households are influenced by land tenure status (having title deeds or not) and labour constraints at the household level. 216pp, NETHERLANDS. WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PRESS.

Describes the internationally acclaimed World Bank's Multi-Country AIDS Program (MAP) that has dramatically increased access to HIV prevention, care, and treatment across Africa. The book uses extensive data from national surveys and HIV/AIDS programs that show how MAP funding has helped support children and adults affected by AIDS, prevent mother-to-child transmission, helped countries build capacity for national programs and been a catalyst for greatly increased support. Index, bib, tables, 172pp, USA. WORLD BANK PUBLICATIONS.

Written for policy makers, managers and programme staff in development and humanitarian agencies, this book focuses on possible responses to the HIV/AIDS crisis, looking mostly at adapting core programmes and internal systems to respond to the impact of AIDS. The author bases the text on case studies from the experiences of ActionAid, Oxfam International and Save the Children (UK). Index, bib, notes, xx, 379pp, UK. OXFAM PUBLICATIONS, 0855984694

Fourth in the African Women Leaders in Agriculture and the Environment series. Broadens the approach to gender equality in primary education by exploring the magnitude of complex interactions between schools and rural livelihood household processes in the context of HIV/AIDS. The arguments are based on recent ethnographic research in Uganda, using dimensions of rural pupils', parents', and teachers' responses to the socio-economic impact of HIV/AIDS on their livelihoods. It gives insight into some of the current debates that have been generated in the field of education, HIV/AIDS and rural livelihoods. Bib, apps, 221pp, NETHERLANDS. WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PRESS.

This third part of the AWLAE series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa focuses on the epidemic as a challenge to human development in general and rural development in particular and proposes strategies for the mitigation of the impact of the epidemic by the agricultural sector. Argues that such interventions need to be complemented by interventions from the health and other sectors, in particular by treatment regimes including access to antiretroviral drugs. Includes an annotated bibliography. 132pp, NETHERLANDS. WAGENINGEN ACADEMIC PRESS.

Brings to the forefront of development discourse the looming, long-term impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on the sub-Saharan region. Scholars and practitioners from a range of professions assess the programmatic response to the epidemic to date and examine its impact on the development infrastructure, both human and physical. Succinctly captures the multi-dimensional nature of HIV/AIDS and its profound effects on human resources and capital. Index, 204pp, USA. AFRICA WORLD PRESS.

A study identifying the economic implications of HIV/AIDS from the macro economic, sectoral and organisational perspective also discussing businesses' responses to the pandemic. Notes, refs, apps, 78pp, SOUTH AFRICA. AFRICA INSTITUTE OF SOUTH AFRICA, 079830166X

Looks at the impact of AIDS and how the fight must be intensified in all the organisations which are involved. Features, Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe and other countries outside Africa. BNS, bib, notes, index, 160pp, UK. ITDG PUBLISHING, 1853395390

A standardised set of principles to enable NGOs to present a united voice and approach to the challenge of HIV/AIDS. Includes a list of key resources. Gloss, apps, notes, 108pp, UK. OXFAM PUBLICATIONS.