TITLE:
Empirical Analysis of Interactions of Agricultural Sector and HIV/AIDS Pandemic in Africa
AUTHORS:
Temidayo Gabriel Apata
KEYWORDS:
HIV/AIDS Prevalence Rates; Long-Run Economic Cost; Overlapping Generation (OLG) Model; Econometric Inference; Africa
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of AIDS,
Vol.3 No.2,
May
31,
2013
ABSTRACT: This study
examines long run
economic cost of HIV/AIDS on agriculture. Twenty-two African Countries were
identified through
purposive sampling. The sampling procedure helped to identify 1420 affected households. However,
1300 observations were found suitable for the subsequent analysis. Data were
subjected to descriptive statistics and Overlapping Generation (OLG) model. The causes of high prevalence
rates are the issue of poverty, fertility, myth and migration among others.
Factors responsible for the classification of high HIV/AIDS prevalence rates
were the patterns of spread of infectious disease that are closely associated
with patterns of human mobility. For lower HIV/AIDS prevalence rate factors were low values of procreation and high values
placed on morals. A positive correlation between HIV prevalence and GDP per
capita was found. The study found out that there is a curvilinear relationship
between the course of the HIV/AIDS epidemic and agricultural/economic growth in
terms of human capita development.