The nytimes just published an interesting article about Grandmothers growing marijuana in Swaziland in order to support their grandchildren that have been orphaned by HIV. Apparently most of the weed goes to South Africa. The advantage to marijuana over some food crops is that baboons won't steel your weed.
“If you grow corn or cabbages, the baboons steal them,” Khathazile said.
I wonder how the impacts of HIV change based on geographic/political/social/environmental differences in countries. It seems like many of the countries affected by HIV would potentially have a similar starting point, orphaned children left with grandparents. I would assume regional differences would create unique end points for each country. Or maybe Swaziland is an outlier.
Jonathan Torgovnik for The New York Times