Agricultural trade liberalisation, agricultural total factor productivity growth and food security in Africa

Regret Sunge; Nicholas Ngepah

doi:10.1080/03031853.2022.2066551

Agricultural trade liberalisation, agricultural total factor productivity growth and food security in Africa

Regret Sunge
, Nicholas Ngepah

School of Economics

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

The study draws inference on the impact of agricultural trade openness, total factor productivity (TFP) growth, and domestic agriculture support on food security in Africa. To retain estimates efficiency and consistency in the presence of complex error terms, we employed the Panel-Corrected-Standard-Error (PCSE) estimator on panel data spanning 2005–2016 for 13 African countries. Results suggest that agricultural trade liberalisation and TFP have significant and favourable effects. Moreover, we find that reducing agricultural support beyond distortion-free levels enhances food security. Further to trade openness, we call for export growth-oriented domestic support anchored on agricultural human-capital development, innovation, and research and development.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	292-313
Number of pages	22
Journal	Agrekon
Volume	61
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03031853.2022.2066551
Publication status	Published - 2022

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 2 Zero Hunger
SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth
SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 17 Partnerships for the Goals

Keywords

Domestic Support
Food security
Q17
Q18
agri-food trade openness
agricultural total factor productivity growth
panel corrected standard error (PSCE) estimator

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Geography, Planning and Development
Agronomy and Crop Science
Economics and Econometrics

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