AIDS mitigation through agriculture-based interventions in rural contexts: Junior farmer field and life schools and future livelihoods in central Mozambique

This article summarizes findings from a research project on junior farmer field and life schools (JFFLS) as an agriculture-based intervention to improve the livelihood prospects of children and orphans made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS in central Mozambique. In the sites investigated JFFLS have opened up concrete present and potential livelihood options in agriculture and beyond. More generally, the resource profile dynamics of participants are altered in ways that provide strong grounds to believe that the skills and knowledge they have gained will positively impact the trajectories of their future lives. In terms of HIV/AIDS mitigation, the findings recommend livelihood-based interventions aimed at altering the vulnerability context of specific population groups. © 2010 The Author. Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography © 2010 Department of Geography, National University of Singapore and Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd.