A step towards food security: The effect of carbon emission and the moderating influence of human capital. Evidence from Anglophone countries

Segbefia, Edem; Dai, Baozhen; Adotey, Philip; Sampene, Agyemang Kwasi

doi:10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22171

Heliyon

2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e22171

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A step towards food security: The effect of carbon emission and the moderating influence of human capital. Evidence from Anglophone countries

Edem Segbefia,

Baozhen Dai,

Philip Adotey

et al.

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Role of land use, green energy, and water resources for food accessibility: Evidence from emerging economies in the lens of COP28

Amin,

Xie,

Vasa

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In the era of COP28, where most of the developed and developing economies concentrate more on the development of environmentally friendly energy resources to tackle the issue of climate change. Nevertheless, the literature lacks appropriate evidence regarding the influences of green energy and other resources on food security. This study analyses the influences of land use, green energy, and water resources on food accessibility in emerging economies, while also considering the important roles of natural resources, research and development (R&D) expenditure, and economic growth during 1980–2020. Due to non‐linear data dispersion, the novel moments quantile regression is employed. Results assert that land use has a positive significant influence on food accessibility in the presence of water resources and a weaker negative impact in the presence of natural resources. Natural and water resources are detrimental to food accessibility in the Emerging Seven (E7) countries. Furthermore, R&D expenditure and green energy positively (negatively), while economic growth negatively (positively) impacted food accessibility in the presence of natural resources (water resources). The results are robust and validate causal inferences that help develop appropriate policies for emerging economies concerning food accessibility or security. In this rapidly evolving era, most empirical studies consider environmental quality. Conversely, this study contributes to the literature by examining the factors influencing food accessibility, as this issue is of considerable importance because of the rapidly growing global population.

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Role of land use, green energy, and water resources for food accessibility: Evidence from emerging economies in the lens of COP28

Amin,

Xie,

Vasa

et al. 2024

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Can Africa–China cooperation influence African green growth to truly alleviate undernourishment? Evidence of the quadruple mediating effect

Ben Amara,

Qiao

2024

Sustainable Development

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Climate change has significantly threatened the global economy and increased the risk of food insecurity. Despite humanitarian efforts, African countries continue to face huge challenges related to global warming and deep undernourishment to reach a sustainable future. In this respect, China and Africa engage in bilateral exchanges to overcome these difficulties. However, exploring sustainable partnerships between China and Africa is a complicated and multifaceted topic, notably in the green economy and treating undernourishment, which needs more pertinence scientific research. Accordingly, this paper aims to explore the combined effect of eco‐innovation, Chinese investment, and trade on green growth while simultaneously addressing the issues of undernourishment in the context of Africa–China cooperation. This study applies the generalized method of moments (GMM) to analyze a sample of 26 African countries over 11 years. This paper finds that eco‐innovations and FDI positively impact green growth, with p‐values below .046. The study reveals that Chinese exports have a detrimental effect on green growth, with p‐values below .033. This paper shows that green growth has a positive impact on undernourishment. This research finds a quadruple mediating effect of green growth between its driving factors and undernourishment. Therefore, our findings demonstrated that China's growing involvement in Africa, mainly through exporting natural resources, is likely to impede the attainment of sustainable development goals. However, countries can still gain from FDI and import sustainable products from China. Lastly, policymakers must consider the importance of the increasing interaction between China and Africa to achieve sustainable growth and reduce undernourishment.

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2024

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A step towards food security: The effect of carbon emission and the moderating influence of human capital. Evidence from Anglophone countries

Cited by 4 publications

References 88 publications

Role of land use, green energy, and water resources for food accessibility: Evidence from emerging economies in the lens of COP28

Role of land use, green energy, and water resources for food accessibility: Evidence from emerging economies in the lens of COP28

Can Africa–China cooperation influence African green growth to truly alleviate undernourishment? Evidence of the quadruple mediating effect

Grey prediction of carbon emission and carbon peak in several developing countries

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