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The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS
Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2020.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/74735 The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS Hendriks, Sheryl L. u18193693@tuks.co.za Gandidzanwa, Colleta Madalitso, Kamenya Food Security UCTD Dissertation (MSc Agric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Pretoria, 2020. Public agriculture expenditure is an important growth catalyst. According to Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme and its Malabo Declaration, a 10% increase in public expenditure in agriculture should stimulate a 6% productivity growth in agriculture, leading to widespread development benefits including improving food security and nutrition. However, evaluation of the impact of public agriculture expenditure on food security and nutrition remains scanty. This study evaluated the impact of public agriculture expenditure on food security and nutrition using panel data of nine ECOWAS countries, which are Benin, Burkina Faso, The Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Togo. This was achieved by evaluating the trends of public agriculture expenditure and food security and nutrition in the nine countries between the year 2000 and 2017. Further, assessing the impact of public agricultural expenditure on food security and nutrition using panel data from 2000 and 2016, controlling for other factors that affect food security and nutrition at the national level. The trends revealed that public expenditure has improved in the nine ECOWAS countries as several countries have met the Comprehensive African Agriculture Programme’s target of investing at least 10% of the national budget on the agricultural sector in several years. Likewise, food supply has improved, and the levels of undernourishment has reduced. However, stunting, underweight and wasting are still high in these nine countries. Using the fixed effect generalised least squares model, it was found that a one-unit increase in public agriculture expenditure reduced undernourishment and improved average dietary energy supply adequacy each by 0.2%. The study concluded that public agriculture expenditure had an impact on food security. However, the impact may lag depending on the type of expenditure on agriculture. The study recommended disaggregating public expenditure data to isolate their impact. The analysis could be conducted in the design of national food security investment plans and to help identify strategies to accelerate improvements in food security and nutrition in African countries. United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy award EDH-A-00-07-00005-00 The African Research Consortium’s Collaborative Masters in Agricultural and Applied Economics (CMAAE) Mastercard Foundation Scholarship Agricultural Economics, Extension and Rural Development MSc Agriculture (Agricultural Economics) Unrestricted Faculty of Natural and Agricultural Sciences 2020-05-26T16:10:21Z 2020-05-26T16:10:21Z 2020-09 2020-05-22 Dissertation * S2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74735 en © 2019 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Food Security UCTD The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title | The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title_full | The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title_fullStr | The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title_short | The impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ECOWAS |
| title_sort | impact of public agricultural investment on food security and nutrition in ecowas |
| topic | Food Security UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/74735 |