The integration of support for HIV and AIDS and livelihood security: district level institutional analysis in southern Africa
This paper discusses the relationships between HIV and AIDS, livelihoods, food security and the environment.
Malawi
Poverty, hunger and population policy: linking Cairo with Johannesburg
In this paper, the author argues that population increase is an integral element in any policy on poverty, food security, and sustainability.
Using innovation to address HIV, AIDS, and environment links: intervention case studies from Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Malawi.
In this paper, the authors presented case studies that address HIV, AIDS, and natural resources management in Zimbabwe, Uganda, and Malawi.
Using a gender perspective to explore forest dependence in rural HIV/AIDS-affected Malawian households
In this exploratory study, the authors characterize how the dependence on forest resources changes for female and male respondents in HIV/AIDS-affected households in Malawi through three phases: before HIV was known to be present; during HIV-related morbidity; and after AIDS-related mortality.
Measuring household vulnerability to climate change? Why markets matter.
In this study, the results show that rural households with large land holdings may benefit from the adverse impact of climate change on maize yields as a result of increased maize prices. However, urban poor and small-scale farmers are vulnerable to climate change due to the large portion of their incomes spent on food.
Child Malnutrition and the Environment: How Women's Work in Collecting Environmental Goods Affects Children's Health in Malawi
Half of Malawi children are stunted. Malawi also has a high infant mortality rate. Malnutrition contributes to this problem and to lower children's education. Several studies have analyzed determinants of malnutrition in Africa. However few have analyzed the link between the environment and malnutrition. This paper contributes to this scanty literature using data from 1997-98 Malawi national survey. Determinants of stunting are estimated using a probit model that includes water and fuel wood collection hours among explanatory variables.
Population pressure, land tenure, and natural resource management in selected areas of Africa and Asia.
The author examines Boserup's hypothesis using data from four sites, one each in Ghana, Uganda, Malawi, and Sumatra.
Social and economical aspects of Miombo Woodland Management in Southern Africa: Options and opportunities for research.
Author's Intro: There is relatively little research which has been carried out on longer term patterns of social, economic, and environmental change in southern Africa. That which has been carried out provides compelling evidence that contemporary patterns of land-use and woodland cover are the outcome of much longer term processes. While the short term impacts of rapid population growth seem quite clear -- that natural systems are often placed under extremely heavy stress as a result of population increase -- longer term impacts are more encouraging.
