Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa

Anser, Muhammad Khalid; Osabohien, Romanus; Olonade, Olawale; Karakara, Alhassan Abdul-Wakeel; Olalekan, Idowu Bashiru; Ashraf, Junaid; Igbinoba, Angie Osarieme

doi:10.3390/su13105570

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“…The result shows that widening social protection coverage and deployment of technology leads to an increase in food security. This is similar to the findings of Anser et al (2021). In addition, these findings support the work by Bahrulolum et al (2021) who noted that the emission of nanoparticles by physical and chemical methods produces hazardous materials, which damage the environment and cause harm to the food system.…”

Section: Econometric Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

Green Environment-Social Protection Interaction and Food Security in Africa

Osabohien

Karakara

Ashraf

et al. 2022

Environmental Management

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Expanding food production to commensurate with population growth has often come at a cost resulting from environmental problems. Industries generate pollutants that destroy the environment and negatively affect the level of food security. These trends threaten the sustainability of food systems and undermine the capacity to meet food security needs. Against this backdrop, this study examines how the green environment influences food security in Africa. To further articulate the novelty and contributions of the research to the extant literature, the study also examines the interaction effect of the green environment and social protection on food security. The study engaged panel data consisting of 37 African countries listed in the International Development Association (IDA) of the World Bank. The data was sourced from Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO), Country Policy and Institutional Assessment (CPIA) and the World Development Indicators (WDI) for the period 2005 to 2019 and applied the system Generalised Method of Moments (SGMM). The result shows that a green environment and social protection are statistically significant and positively determine the level of food security in Africa. In addition, the result shows that a green environment and social protection interaction positively and significantly influence food security. The implication is that a 1% increase in the drive for a green environment may improve the level of food security by 0.8%. Also, increases in the level of social protection intervention may increase food security by 1.2%. The interaction between social protection and food security can increase food security by 0.96%. In summary, it is found that African countries under study have moderate social protection coverage and policy for environmental management and sustainability required to drive food security. The discussions of the findings and policy implications of the study are underscored in the paper.

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Section: Econometric Resultssupporting

confidence: 90%

Green Environment-Social Protection Interaction and Food Security in Africa

Osabohien

Karakara

Ashraf

et al. 2022

Environmental Management

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“…Food security is positively impacted by gross domestic product per capita, ICT (fixed telephone), and employment. Anser et al ( 2021 ), McCordic et al ( 2021 ), Campi et al ( 2021 ), and Candelise et al ( 2021 ) have previously found similar results.…”

Section: Empirical Results and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 55%

Does energy poverty increases starvation? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

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Engwali

Nkoa

et al. 2023

Environ Sci Pollut Res

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This study contributes to the existing literature on energy poverty and food security in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study is conducted on a panel of 36 SSA countries over the period 2000 to 2020. Using several estimation methods, such as fixed effects, Driscoll-Kraay, Lewbel 2SLS, and the generalized method of moments, we find positive results for energy on food security. In SSA, the energy development index, access to electricity, and access to clean energy for cooking positively influence food security. This can encourage policy makers to prioritize investments in off-grid energy for vulnerable households through small-scale energy systems, which can promote food security by directly affecting local food production, preservation, and preparation, and contribute to human well-being and environmental conservation.

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“…The study by Mehta and Jha [ 70 ] also showed that corruption increases with food insecurity, globally. By employing a system GMM approach for a panel data of 15 SSA countries, Anser et al [ 71 ] also show that government effectiveness and control of corruption as proxies for good governance improve food security as measured by the Food Production index. Our finding suggests that the effect of governance on food security is weak enough to complement the impact of capital flows on food security in Africa.…”

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confidence: 99%

The combined effect of institutional quality and capital flows on food and nutrition security and undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa

Cassimon

Fadare²,

Mavrotas³

2022

PLoS ONE

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Issues related to malnutrition, broadly defined, have received a growing attention in recent years, not only in connection with the Sustainable Development Goals but also recently with the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. At the same time, there exists a complex interaction between institutions, capital flows, and food and nutrition security that has received less attention in the relevant literature. In this paper we estimate a series of dynamic panel data models to examine the impact of institutional quality and capital flows on food security, nutrition security and undernourishment by using panel data for 25 SSA countries over the period 1996 to 2018. One of the key contributions of the paper is the use of both aggregate and disaggregated capital flows to examine the impact on both food and nutrition security, a dimension that has been surprisingly neglected in most of the relevant literature. We combine this with the interaction of various types of capital flows with an institutional quality index we constructed from various governance indicators to examine the impact of institutions on the overall nexus. Finally, we examine the impact not only on food and nutrition security but also on undernourishment. Our findings clearly demonstrate the importance of a heterogeneity approach and reflect on earlier work regarding the role of institutional quality in the overall nexus between external capital flows and various measures of food and nutrition security which leads, and as expected, to an interesting variation in the results obtained, depending on the type of capital flows and the interaction with the governance indicators.

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Impact of ICT Adoption and Governance Interaction on Food Security in West Africa

Cited by 21 publications

References 27 publications

Green Environment-Social Protection Interaction and Food Security in Africa

Green Environment-Social Protection Interaction and Food Security in Africa

Does energy poverty increases starvation? Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

The combined effect of institutional quality and capital flows on food and nutrition security and undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa

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