A new publication by Wageningen Academic Publishers: HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa Impact on farming systems, agricultural practices and rural livelihoods – An overview and annotated bibliography AWLAE SERIES No. 1 By Tanja R. Müller (Wageningen University) This publication is the first in a three part series on HIV/AIDS and agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa with the overall objective of providing a resource base on issues of rural development in a broad sense in the times of HIV/AIDS.This first book discusses the impact of the epidemic as it has emerged over the last decades at different levels of the agricultural sector, namely the farming system level, the livelihood level, and the household level. In a further step, impact on the agricultural estate sector as well as pastoralism is discussed. One overarching issue that emerges is the importance of gender attributes to adequately understand and address HIV/AIDS impact - the topic at the centre of the second part of the series. The text ends with a discussion of HIV/AIDS in relation to other shocks that befall rural livelihoods. It is followed by an annotated bibliography. 2004 – 104 pages – paperback – ISBN 9076998469 – € 25 For table of contents see: www.WageningenAcademic.com/AWLAE Expected December 2004: HIV/AIDS, gender and rural livelihoods in sub-Saharan Africa An overview and annotated bibliography Expected June 2005: HIV/AIDS and human development in sub-Saharan Africa Impact mitigation through agricultural interventions – An overview and annotated bibliography