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Accountability in agricultural governance and food security in Nigeria
- Source :
- Brazilian Journal of Food Technology, Vol 23 (2020)
- Publication Year :
- 2020
- Publisher :
- Instituto de Tecnologia de Alimentos (ITAL), 2020.
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Abstract
- Abstract This study explores the relationship between agricultural governance and food security in Nigeria and employs two main approaches: descriptive and econometric. The econometric approach engages Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) in examining the long-run relationship between the indicators of food security and agricultural governance for the period 1985 to 2016. The results show that in the long-run, agricultural performance contribute to food security in Nigeria. The findings from the descriptive analysis unveil that Nigeria has the highest number of undernourished people, which increased by 22% between 2000 and 2001. Between 2000 and 2015, the population grew by 30.60% with the rate of violence increasing by 55%. The study recommends, among others, that accountability in addressing the challenges in the implementation of food security programs and ensuring timely distribution of food resources is germane.
Details
- Language :
- English, Spanish; Castilian, Portuguese
- ISSN :
- 19816723
- Volume :
- 23
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Brazilian Journal of Food Technology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.42e336e63c0c45a7871b13a5a3e08066
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1590/1981-6723.08919