Question

Explain the overall effects of HIV/AIDS and ill health on Agricultural production.

Answer 1

1. Shortage of labour making labour to be very expensive
2. Increase the cost of living of AIDS patients and their relatives.
3. Leads to low income and poor purchasing power.
4. Low living standards which lead to hopelessness and lack of motivation to invest
5. low food supply and poverty in general, increasing criminal activities.
6. the government and NGOs uses a lot of resources in controlling the pandemics.