ISSN 1012-1080 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFMA Editorial Participatory Development Gerry Salole Training Community Organisers F M Connell and M A O'Neil Selfreliance in Food Production Christiana Okojie Company Policy on AIDS in Zimbabwe Helen Jackson Health Problems of Institutionalised Elderly A C Nyanguru Book Reviews Index Volume 6 No 2 1991 JOURNAL OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA School of Social Work P/Bag 66022 Kopje Harare, Zimbabwe The journal publishes critical analyses of social developmentissues as they affect thepoor and marginalised in society. It deals with concerns especially but not exclusively relevant to Southern Africa, and is addressed to development practitioners, social workers, planners and policy makers, academics in a variety of fields such as economics, geography, politics, sociology, psychology, social administration, and to other concerned individuals. Published twice annually, the journal seeks to enhance understanding of the social development processes that contribute to the planning and implementation of appropriate intervention strategies at different levels. Its goal is to discover how best to target relevant and successful projects to those most in need, and how to maximise popular participation, thereby creating egalitarian and productive communities. Editor MsBWillmore Editorial Board Mr E Kaseke (Chairperson), Principal, School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe. FrJoeHampsonSJ, Provincial, Zimbabwe Province of the Society of Jesus, Harare, Zimbabwe Professor G Chavunduka, Faculty of Social Studies, University of Zimbabwe Dr S Agere, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of the Public Service, Zimbabwe Mr A Nyanguru, School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe Mr R Mupedziswa, School of Social Work, Harare, Zimbabwe Editorial Advisors (1991-93) Dr J F Jones, Dean, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Denver, USA Dr J Midgley, Dean, School of Social Work, Louisiana State, USA Dr R Mutiso, Associate Professor, Dept of Sociology, University of Nairobi, Kenya Dr P Muzaale, Makerere University, Kampala,Uganda (temp: University of West Indies) Dr Kwaku Osei-Hwedfe, Senior Lecturer, Social Development Studies, University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia H K Oyeh, Principal, School of Social Work, Osu, Accra, Ghana. Subscriptions per annum* Third World Individuals: US$10 Institutions: US$20 Elsewhere Individuals: US$15 Institutions: US$30 Zimbabwe (from 1992) Individuals: Z$20 Institutions: Z$40 * Please indicate starting issue or year for subscriptions. Back issues available on request Agents discount 20%. Airmail surchage US$8 per annum. Advertising rates on request, exchange advertising by arrangement. Journal of Social Development in Africa Vol6No21991 Editorial 3 Articles Participatory Development: The Taxation of the Beneficiary? 5 Gerry Salole The Development of Training Strategies for Community 19 Organisers in South Africa. An Overview of the Process F M Cornell and MA O'Neil Achieving Selfreliance in Food Production in Nigeria: 33 Maximising the Contribution of Rural Women Christiana E E Okojie Company Policy on AIDS in Zimbabwe 53 Helen Jackson and Marian Pitts The Health Problems of the Elderly Living in Institutions 71 and Homes in Zimbabwe A CNyanguru Book Reviews 91 Triple Jeopardy: Women and AIDS, Panos; Miracle or Menace Biotechnology and the Third World, Robert WalgatelPattor, Rural Communities Under Stress. Peasant Farmers and the State in Africa, Jonathan Barker; Social Security Policies in Industrial Countries. A Comparative Analysis, Margaret S Gordon; Women's Liberation and the AfncanFreedomStraggle,7'/icyna?£<2nfcra; The Politics of Reconciliation. Zimbabwe's First Decade, Victor de Waal; Modernising Hunger: Famine, Fc«dSurplusandFarmPolicyintheEECandArrica,P/u/¥'Aa