Authors: Barany M.¹; Hammett A.L.²; Sene A.³; Amichev B.⁴

Source: Journal of Forestry, Volume 99, Number 12, 1 December 2001 , pp. 36-41(6)

Publisher: Society of American Foresters

Abstract:

The HIV/AIDS epidemic is drastically reducing the agricultural workforce of sub-Saharan Africa, threatening household food security and the food supply throughout the region. Forests contribute to household nutrition and health and therefore should be considered in efforts to mitigate the socioeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS on rural agrarian households. Because little reference to forests and forest products exists in the literature concerned with the coping mechanisms of HIV/AIDS–affected households, we intend to draw attention to the importance of forest-based research in the context of these coping strategies.

Keywords: agroforestry; nontimber forest products; nutrition; policy; environmental management; forest; forest management; forest resources; forestry; forestry research; forestry science; natural resources; natural resource management

Document Type: Miscellaneous

Affiliations: 1: Research Assistant Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 210 Cheatham Hall (0323), Blacksburg, VA, 24061, mbarany@vt.edu 2: Associate Professor Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 210 Cheatham Hall (0323), Blacksburg, VA, 24061 3: Research Associate Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 210 Cheatham Hall (0323), Blacksburg, VA, 24061 4: Graduate Research Assistant Department of Wood Science and Forest Products, College of Natural Resources, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 210 Cheatham Hall (0323), Blacksburg, VA, 24061

Publication date: 2001-12-01

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