Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria
The average agriculture output growth between 2011–2020, which stood at 3.5% against the backdrop of over 2.6% population growth rate, accounts for the present food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition in Nigeria. The study aims to examine the impact of population growth on food security in Nigeria...
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| description | The average agriculture output growth between 2011–2020, which stood at 3.5% against the backdrop of over 2.6% population growth rate, accounts for the present food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition in Nigeria. The study aims to examine the impact of population growth on food security in Nigeria with data covering 1986–2020. The study employed two models: the first model analyzed agriculture output as a function of population growth rate. The second model examined the impact of population growth and agriculture productivity on economic growth. The Cochrane-Orcutt iterative method on an ordinary least squared (OLS) was employed. The study results found that population growth had a significant impact on agriculture output. However, the paper further substantiated that economic growth is significantly and positively responsive to changes in agriculture output and population growth rate in Nigeria. Among other things, the study recommended the government consider an increase in budget allocation to the agriculture sector so as to boost food output. Finally, the government may also consider introducing a policy that would encourage small families, thereby reducing the country’s population growth rate. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-60794cb6f5f34317ac7e03ae9a91f1522022-12-22T00:32:40ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672022-06-0120240241010.21511/ppm.20(2).2022.3316613Population growth and food security: Evidence from NigeriaJohn O. Aiyedogbon0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5095-875XSarah O. Anyanwu1Grace Hezekiah Isa2Yuriy Petrushenko3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9902-7577Olena Zhuravka4https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1548-1674Ph.D., Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bingham UniversityPh.D., Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of AbujaPh.D., Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, Bingham UniversityDoctor of Economics, Professor, Department of International Economic Relations, Sumy State UniversityPh.D., Associate Professor, Department of Financial Technologies and Entrepreneurship, Sumy State UniversityThe average agriculture output growth between 2011–2020, which stood at 3.5% against the backdrop of over 2.6% population growth rate, accounts for the present food insecurity, hunger, and malnutrition in Nigeria. The study aims to examine the impact of population growth on food security in Nigeria with data covering 1986–2020. The study employed two models: the first model analyzed agriculture output as a function of population growth rate. The second model examined the impact of population growth and agriculture productivity on economic growth. The Cochrane-Orcutt iterative method on an ordinary least squared (OLS) was employed. The study results found that population growth had a significant impact on agriculture output. However, the paper further substantiated that economic growth is significantly and positively responsive to changes in agriculture output and population growth rate in Nigeria. Among other things, the study recommended the government consider an increase in budget allocation to the agriculture sector so as to boost food output. Finally, the government may also consider introducing a policy that would encourage small families, thereby reducing the country’s population growth rate.https://www.businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/16613/PPM_2022_02_Aiyedogbon.pdfeconomic growth ratefood insecurityNigeriaOLS methodpopulation growth |
| spellingShingle | John O. Aiyedogbon Sarah O. Anyanwu Grace Hezekiah Isa Yuriy Petrushenko Olena Zhuravka Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria Problems and Perspectives in Management economic growth rate food insecurity Nigeria OLS method population growth |
| title | Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full | Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria |
| title_fullStr | Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria |
| title_full_unstemmed | Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria |
| title_short | Population growth and food security: Evidence from Nigeria |
| title_sort | population growth and food security evidence from nigeria |
| topic | economic growth rate food insecurity Nigeria OLS method population growth |
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