?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_id=Research+Paper+No.+2008%2F49&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5274%2F&rft.title=Livelihood+Risk+from+HIV+in+Semi-Arid+Tropics+of+Rural+Andhra+Pradesh&rft.creator=Gandhi%2C+B+V+J&rft.creator=Bantilan%2C+M+C+S&rft.creator=Parthasarathy%2C+D&rft.subject=Agriculture-Farming%2C+Production%2C+Technology%2C+Economics&rft.description=This+paper+discusses+the+livelihood+dynamics+in+the+fragile+landscape+of+the+semi-arid%0D%0Atropics+(SAT)+of+Andhra+Pradesh.+SAT+is+home+to+the+poorest+of+the+poor+who+live+in%0D%0Aconditions+of+persistent+drought%2C+subsistence+agriculture+and+poor+access+to+markets.+This%0D%0Apaper+is+a+case+study+focusing+particularly+on+labour+migration%2C+its+role+in+influencing+the%0D%0Ahealth+risk+behaviour+of+migrants+and+in+the+spread+of+the+HIV+epidemic+among+SAT+rural%0D%0Ahouseholds.+The+most+vulnerable+population+in+these+drought-prone+regions+are+the+migrant%0D%0Alabourers%2C+and+their+vulnerability+is+influenced+by+three+major+factors%E2%80%94the+vulnerability+and%0D%0Aunstable+productivity+in+the+degraded+and+marginal+landscape%2C+the+caste+system+that+has%0D%0Atraditionally+kept+them+backward+and+vulnerable%2C+and+experiences+in+the+external&rft.publisher=UNU-WIDER&rft.date=2008&rft.type=Monograph&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Foar.icrisat.org%2F5274%2F1%2FBVJ-MCSB-DP-2008-RP49.pdf&rft.identifier=++Gandhi%2C+B+V+J+and+Bantilan%2C+M+C+S+and+Parthasarathy%2C+D++(2008)+Livelihood+Risk+from+HIV+in+Semi-Arid+Tropics+of+Rural+Andhra+Pradesh.++Monograph.+UNU-WIDER.+++++&rft.relation=Research+Paper+No.+2008%2F49