Sustainable Agricultural/Rural Development & Vulnerability to the AIDS Epidemic

7 case studies of agricultural/rural development projects and programmes operating in countries with high, medium and low HIV prevalence. The study posits that when people are exposed to poverty, food insecurity, gender inequality, migration, war, and civil conflict - their vulnerability to HIV increases. In rural areas of most developing countries, therefore, the spread of HIV is accelerated by migration, trade, the movement of refugees and strengthened rural-urban linkages. The study mentions 2 types of rural areas particularly vulnerable to HIV: those along truck routes and those that are sources of migrant labour to urban areas.