Study Paper # 2
THE SOCIO-ECONOMIC IMPACT OF HIV AND AIDS ON RURAL FAMILIES IN UGANDA: AN EMPHASIS ON YOUTH 

Acknowledgments 

This paper was originally written for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO, Rome) in August 1993. 

The authors would like to thank the people from the villages of Nyankuku, Bwabya, Kabosa, Kwapa, Bumanda, Lawiye Adul and Layibi who extended their warm hospitality, generously shared their views with us and made this work possible. District officials, agricultural extension workers, youth leaders, teachers, young men and women and schoolchildren also went out of their way to help us. They are too many to mention by name but their contribution is much appreciated. The authors would also like to thank the field research team for its commitment and hard work, especially Ms. Helen Onyango, Ms. Florence Opoka, Mr. Andrew Ofono, Ms. Deborah Mouhoumouza, Mr. S. Kamba. A special word of thanks goes to Mr. Guenter Hemrich, FAO APO for Rural Youth, who contributed substantially to all the phases of the field work, led one of the research teams and commented extensively on this report. Last but not least, the authors would like to thank the FAO Representative in Uganda, Mr. N.L. Lexander for his generous support and assistance and Ms. Elizabeth Reid of UNDP for contributing valuable comments to the draft report.  

Biographical Note 

Daphne Topouzis, a socio-economist, is a freelance consultant based in Rome with a special interest in HIV and AIDS and agriculture. She has contributed to an FAO assessment of the Effects of HIV and AIDS on Agricultural Production Systems and Rural Livelihoods in East Africa (Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda) and is the author of a discussion paper on the implications of HIV and AIDS for agricultural investment projects. 

Guenter Hemrich, agronomist and agricultural economist, is an Associate Professional Officer in FAO's Research, Training and Extension Division, and a member of the FAO informal working group on HIV and AIDS. He has contributed to an FAO assessment of the Effects of HIV and AIDS on Agricultural Production Systems and Rural Livelihoods in East Africa (Tanzania, Zambia and Uganda) and has given numerous seminars on HIV and AIDS and agriculture.