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Sowing the Seeds of Hunger (11/12)


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Subjects: African Studies, Agriculture, Child Labour, Family Studies, Global Issues, Globalization, Health Issues, HIV-AIDS, Human Rights

Grade Level: JrH-Adult
Producer: Bullfrog Films
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 27 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2002
Available in French: No

Barnabas and Mary Chalaba were once among the more prosperous farmers of their village in the north of Zambia. But today, they are destitute - too sick to farm their land, and dependent on their children to oversee the crops. Like 30 million others in sub-Saharan Africa, Mary and Barnabas are infected with the HIV virus. In southern Africa, the highest rates of HIV infection occur among young adults, whose ages range from 15 to 49. This is the same group who, as agricultural workers and small scale farmers, are the backbone and future of countries such as Zambia. Since 1985, more than seven million farmers have succumbed to AIDS, striking at the heart of agricultural production. But as SOWING SEEDS OF HUNGER shows, the fallout from this pandemic extends beyond agriculture, undermining development in the region while endangering the lives of orphans and widows affected by the rampant spread of HIV.

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