Agriculture and growth nexus in Gambia

Sillah, Bukhari M. S.

doi:10.18533/jefs.v1i01.33

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“…The change is too acute to reflect secular decline in the Fol of trachoma. If it is not related to transmission of urogenital Ct, it could be interpreted to reflect the impact of the door-to-door distribution of topical 1% tetracycline ointment across the country, which took place in the late 1990s 32 .…”

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Serology reflects a decline in the prevalence of trachoma in two regions of The Gambia

Migchelsen

Sepúlveda

Martin³

et al. 2017

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Trachoma is caused by Chlamydia trachomatis (Ct). It is targeted for global elimination as a public health problem. In 2014, a population-based cross-sectional study was performed in two previously trachoma-endemic areas of The Gambia. Participants of all ages from Lower River Region (LRR) (N = 1028) and Upper River Region (URR) (N = 840) underwent examination for trachoma and had blood collected for detection of antibodies against the Ct antigen Pgp3, by ELISA. Overall, 30 (1.6%) individuals had active trachoma; the prevalence in children aged 1–9 years was 3.4% (25/742) with no statistically significant difference in prevalence between the regions. There was a significant difference in overall seroprevalence by region: 26.2% in LRR and 17.1% in URR (p<0.0001). In children 1-9 years old, seroprevalence was 4.4% in LRR and 3.9% in URR. Reversible catalytic models using information on age-specific seroprevalence demonstrated a decrease in the transmission of Ct infection in both regions, possibly reflecting the impact of improved access to water, health and sanitation as well as mass drug administration campaigns. Serological testing for antibodies to Ct antigens is potentially useful for trachoma programmes, but consideration should be given to the coendemicity of sexually transmitted Ct infections.

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Serology reflects a decline in the prevalence of trachoma in two regions of The Gambia

Migchelsen

Sepúlveda

Martin³

et al. 2017

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“…According to Sillah (ibid), capital per worker is significant and relevant factor input for economic growth in the Gambia. Furthermore, agriculture labor per acre was found to be irrelevant in both shortand long-run analyses (Sillah 2013).…”

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“…Most recent studies indicate that this low level of human development is attributable to low agricultural productivity. In a study conducted by Sillah (2013), it was found that agriculture productivity is the most important variable for economic growth in the Gambia. According to Sillah (ibid), capital per worker is significant and relevant factor input for economic growth in the Gambia.…”

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Climate change, growth in agriculture value-added, food availability and economic growth nexus in the Gambia: a Granger causality and ARDL modeling approach

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This paper aims to test empirically, the direction of causality between climate change, agriculture valued added, Food production (the proxy for food availability), and economic growth in the Gambia. This study employed annual data which were collected for the period 1960-2017 and analyzed these data using the ARDL approach and the granger causality framework. The empirical evidence shows that: (1) the short-run and long-run ARDL model confirmed that the growth of fish production and growth of livestock production in the Gambia have significant positive impacts on the growth of GDP; (2) the short-run and long-run ARDL model indicated that growth of food import and growth of agriculture have negative impacts on the growth of GDP; (3) Granger causality analysis between the lagged values of growth of GDP and lagged values of growth of Food availability indicators has unidirectional relationships; (4) lagged values of the growth of GDP Granger cause lagged values of growth of agriculture but lagged values of growth of agriculture do not garger cause lagged values of growth of GDP, which suggested an indirect relationship; (5) the relationship between the lagged values of growth of crop production and lagged values of growth of agriculture indicated a bidirectional relationship. Finally, an important indication is established on the role of fish production, livestock production, climate change, and crop production to control food availability and economic growth in the Gambia.

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Climate Change, Growth in Agriculture Value Added, Food Availability and Economic Growth Nexus in the Gambia: A Granger Causality and ARDL Modeling Approach

Ceesay

Francis²,

Jawneh

et al. 2022

Food Security and Safety Volume 2

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Agriculture and growth nexus in Gambia

Cited by 4 publications

References 11 publications

Serology reflects a decline in the prevalence of trachoma in two regions of The Gambia

Serology reflects a decline in the prevalence of trachoma in two regions of The Gambia

Climate change, growth in agriculture value-added, food availability and economic growth nexus in the Gambia: a Granger causality and ARDL modeling approach

Climate Change, Growth in Agriculture Value Added, Food Availability and Economic Growth Nexus in the Gambia: A Granger Causality and ARDL Modeling Approach

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