Trade Openness and Food Security in Africa: A Comparative Study of CEMAC and WAEMU Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 119-135
Author(s):  
Giscard Assoumou-Ella ◽  
Ismaelline Eba-Nguema
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Trade Openness

A Comparative Study of the Impacts of Flooding on Food Security of Urban and Rural Households in Blantyre City and Chikwawa, Malawi

2021 ◽  
pp. 35-58
Author(s):  
Miriam Dalitso Kalanda Joshua ◽  
Tanya Stathers ◽  
Ruth Kalinga Chirwa ◽  
Cosmo Ngongondo ◽  
Richard Lamboll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Rural Households

scholarly journals Do floods affect food security? A before-and-after comparative study of flood-affected households’ food security status in South-Eastern Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (47) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Thecla Iheoma Akukwe ◽  
Alice Atieno Oluoko-Odingo ◽  
George Okoye Krhoda
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Comparative Study ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
South Eastern ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Food Security Status ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Food Insecure Households

AbstractA comparative study of pre- and post-flood households’ food security statuses in South-Eastern Nigeria was performed to answer the question “Do floods affect food security?” Data were generated via a survey of 400 households in eight communities using stratified and random sampling methods. Households’ food security statuses were assessed using the Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) and computed using a Rasch analysis, where households were divided into four categories, namely: food secure, food insecure without hunger, moderately food insecure with hunger and severely food insecure with hunger. The results show that flooding affects food security negatively by increasing the number of food insecure households to 92.8%, and the regression coefficient of −0.798 indicates a very strong negative effect of flooding on household food security. An odds ratio of 2.221 implies that households that have experienced flooding are 2.221 times more probable to be food insecure than households that have not. The implication of the findings is that flooding is capable of turning communities into food insecurity hotspots that would need long-term assistance to cope, and flooding is capable of hampering the achievement of Goal 2 of the SDGs.

scholarly journals Impact of Trade Openness on Food Security: Evidence from Panel Data for Central Asian Countries

Foods ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 3012
Author(s):  
Zhilu Sun ◽  
Defeng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Panel Data ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Generalized Method Of Moments ◽  
Dynamic Panel Data ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Central Asian ◽  
The World ◽  
Central Asian Countries ◽  
The Impact

The problem of food insecurity has become increasingly critical across the world since 2015, which threatens the lives and livelihoods of people around the world and has historically been a challenge confined primarily to developing countries, to which the countries of Central Asia, as typical transition countries, cannot be immune either. Under this context, many countries including Central Asian countries have recognized the importance of trade openness to ensure adequate levels of food security and are increasingly reliant on international trade for food security. Using the 2001–2018 panel data of Central Asian countries, based on food security’s four pillars (including availability, access, stability, and utilization), this study empirically estimates the impact of trade openness and other factors on food security and traces a U-shaped (or inverted U-shaped) relationship between trade openness and food security by adopting a panel data fixed effect model as the baseline model, and then conducts the robustness test by using the least-squares (LS) procedure for the pooled data and a dynamic panel data (DPD) analysis with the generalized method of moments (GMM) approach, simultaneously. The results show that: (1) a U-shaped relationship between trade openness and the four pillars of food security was found, which means that beyond a certain threshold of trade openness, food security status tends to improve in Central Asian countries; (2) gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, GDP growth, and agricultural productivity have contributed to the improvement of food security. Employment in agriculture, arable land, freshwater withdrawals in agriculture, population growth, natural disasters, and inflation rate have negative impacts on food security; and (3) this study confirms that trade policy reforms can finally be conducive to improving food security in Central Asian countries. However, considering the effects of other factors, potential negative effects of trade openness, and vulnerability of global food trade network, ensuring reasonable levels of food self-sufficiency is still very important for Central Asian countries to achieve food security. Our research findings can provide scientific support for sustainable food system strategies in Central Asian countries.

scholarly journals Food Security, Agricultural Sector Resilience, and Economic Integration: Case Study of ASEAN+3

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-109
Author(s):  
Putra Yudhatama ◽  
Fitri Nurjanah ◽  
Cassya Diaraningtyas ◽  
Mohamad Dian Revindo
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Production ◽  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Global Challenge ◽  
Asean Member ◽  
Panel Data Regression ◽  
Data Regression ◽  
The Impact

The issue of food security has been increasingly critical in many parts of the world. In many countries people are facing food crisis and it has severe impact on their economies. Ensuring food security has become a global challenge with various dimensions. This study aims to examine the impact of intraregional trade on food security in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and three additional countries (China, Japan, South Korea), known as ASEAN+3. Using panel data regression analysis, the results show that intraregional trade and the level of trade openness have positive and significant effect to increase food security as it increases food production level in ASEAN+3 countries. In pursuing food security, ASEAN needs to enhance and accelerate its future cooperation agenda. The ASEAN member countries need to support the realization of ASEAN vision 2025, which will create a more dynamic and resilient ASEAN, capable of responding and adapting to various challenges through robust national and regional mechanisms to overcome various issues, including food security.

Implications of Trade Liberalization for Food Security Under the ASEAN-India Strategic Partnership

2019 ◽  
pp. 28-48
Author(s):  
Ishita Ghosh ◽  
Ishita Ghoshal
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Labour Force ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Trade Openness ◽  
Strategic Partnership ◽  
Food Trade ◽  
Asean Countries ◽  
Food Imports ◽  
Maritime Infrastructure ◽  
Good Food

The objective of the chapter is to understand India's role in providing food security through trade with the ASEAN under the India-ASEAN Strategic Partnership. A dynamic panel has been employed to assess and estimate the said objective, given that India and most of the ASEAN countries are considered emerging markets. Econometric investigation points out that while almost more than half the variables in the augmented gravity model hold good, food imports from India, agricultural labour force, common maritime border, distance from India, food price index, food production index, GDP (size) of the importing country, per capita GDP of the importing economy, and trade openness have statistically significant effect on the food trade from India to the ASEAN. Improving maritime infrastructure and agri-logistics, investing in climate change and water management while augmenting the agri-labour productivity are of paramount importance in order to improve food trade between India and the ASEAN.

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