Is food production vulnerable to environmental degradation? A global analysis

Environmental degradation effect on agricultural development: an aggregate and a sectoral evidence of carbon dioxide emissions from Ghana

“…Chandio et al (2020) and Khan et al (2021) have also empirically established that carbon emission has an adverse effect on agricultural output in China and Pakistan, respectively. Ching et al (2021) found that carbon emission negatively affects food production of 53 countries. Farmers in some previous micro studies in Ghana expressed that the climate has changed over the past 40 years, resulting in delays in rainfall, early rains, sudden stop of rains and too much sunshine among others (Arku, 2013).…”

“…Research and development in the area of environmental degradation, especially carbon dioxide emission and agriculture, are therefore a necessary requirement to providing relevant policy options towards agriculture development. It is for this reason that although researchers (Di Falco et al, 2011;Amponsah et al, 2015;Chandio et al, 2020;Rehman et al, 2020;Khan et al, 2021;Ching et al, 2021;Titilola and Jeje, 2008) have examined the effect of various environmental degradation on agricultural output, the little focus on the effect of sectoral carbon emissions on agricultural development makes it crucial for further studies. It is this gap that the current study seeks to bridge.…”

“…Majeed and Mazhar (2019) in an empirical study of 155 countries found that carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide, methane and total greenhouse gas emissions contribute to the global output volatility, with the volatility been more in agrarian economies. In an empirical study of 53 countries on the environmental degradation effect on food production, Ching et al (2021) found that carbon emission negatively affects food production. Titilola and Jeje (2008) found that about 850,000 ha of land in Nigeria is negatively affected annually or rendered useless for agricultural purposes as a result of soil erosion and deforestation.…”

Guest Editorial of ICEEE-2020 EEST special issue

“…Air pollution was observed to have the lowest density in the areas where detached house types are located among different residential textures. Ching et al (2021) investigate the effect of environmental degradation on food production based on the Cobb-Douglas production function. They also test the role of research and development (R&D), capital and labor on food production.…”