Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries
This study examines the effect of infrastructural development on agricultural output and employment in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) utilizing panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) methodology. This study demonstrates that infrastructures that support agriculture producti...
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| author | Richardson Kojo Edeme Nelson C. Nkalu Janefrancis C Idenyi Winnie O. Arazu |
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| description | This study examines the effect of infrastructural development on agricultural output and employment in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) utilizing panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) methodology. This study demonstrates that infrastructures that support agriculture productivity foster employment creation. Estimated results reveal that information and communication technology positively affect agricultural output while access to electricity has positive effect on agricultural employment. Transport infrastructure had negative and insignificant effect on agricultural performance. A major contribution of this paper is that investment in infrastructural development with a view to improving agricultural productivity potentially contributes to employment generation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6f0ee274c2de48d7a9c69b73e6ce0dc32022-12-21T22:41:23ZengElsevierSustainable Futures2666-18882020-01-012100010Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS CountriesRichardson Kojo Edeme0Nelson C. Nkalu1Janefrancis C Idenyi2Winnie O. Arazu3Corresponding author.; Department of Economics, University of Nigeria, NsukkaDepartment of Economics, University of Nigeria, NsukkaDepartment of Economics, University of Nigeria, NsukkaDepartment of Economics, University of Nigeria, NsukkaThis study examines the effect of infrastructural development on agricultural output and employment in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) utilizing panel autoregressive distributed lag (PARDL) methodology. This study demonstrates that infrastructures that support agriculture productivity foster employment creation. Estimated results reveal that information and communication technology positively affect agricultural output while access to electricity has positive effect on agricultural employment. Transport infrastructure had negative and insignificant effect on agricultural performance. A major contribution of this paper is that investment in infrastructural development with a view to improving agricultural productivity potentially contributes to employment generation.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188820300034C33N50N60O13 |
| spellingShingle | Richardson Kojo Edeme Nelson C. Nkalu Janefrancis C Idenyi Winnie O. Arazu Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries Sustainable Futures C33 N50 N60 O13 |
| title | Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries |
| title_full | Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries |
| title_fullStr | Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries |
| title_short | Infrastructural Development, Sustainable Agricultural Output and Employment in ECOWAS Countries |
| title_sort | infrastructural development sustainable agricultural output and employment in ecowas countries |
| topic | C33 N50 N60 O13 |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666188820300034 |
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