Differential returns from globalization to women smallholder coffee and food producers in rural Uganda.

Background: Globalization-related measures to liberalize trade and stimulate export production were applied in Uganda in the late 1980s, including in the coffee production sector, to revitalize agricultural production, increase incomes to farmers and improve rural food security.

Objective: To explore the different effects of such measures on the health and dietary outcomes of female coffee and food small holder farmers in Uganda.

Methods: We gathered evidence through a cross-sectional comparative interview survey of 190 female coffee producers and 191 female food producers in Ntungamo district.

Gender differentiation in community responses to AIDS in rural Uganda.

AIDS has been reported in Africa to push households into poverty and chronic food insecurity. At the same time there are reports of significant household resilience to AIDS. This study explored how a mature epidemic in rural Uganda has affected rural farming households.