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Achieving food security in Ghana : does governance matter?
Asare-Nuamah, Peter; Amoah, Anthony; Asongu, Simplice - 2021
This study investigates: (i) the effect of foreign direct investment (FDI) on total factor productivity (TFP) and economic growth dynamics, and (ii) the relevance of value added from three economic sectors in modulating the established effect of FDI on TFP and economic growth dynamics. The...
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The impact of CSR on rural women custodians of seed, food and climate change resilience in Nigeria's Niger Delta region
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2023
responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding … resilience in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach - This paper adopts a survey research technique … the Niger Delta region in Nigeria. Findings - The results from the use of a combined propensity score matching and logit …
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Women empowerment and intra-household dietary diversity in Nigeria
Tanankem, Belmondo V.; Efobi, Uchenna Rapuluchukwu; … - 2016
This study used a nationally representative survey from the 2012-2013 World Bank's General Household Survey for Nigeria …
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Agricultural sector performance, institutional framework and food security in Nigeria
Osabohien, Romanus; Osabuohien, Evans; Ohalete, Precious - 2019
framework thereby ensuring food security in Nigeria. It employs the ARDL (Autoregressive Distributed Lag) with data from the … Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) statistical bulletin, Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), World Development Indicators (WDI …
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Gender and food security in Nigeria : the role of corporate social responsibility in the oil producing communities
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N. - 2023
responsibility (CSR) initiatives in Nigeria. Its special focus is to investigate the impact of the global memorandum of understanding … (GMoU) on gender and food security in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. This paper adopts a survey research technique aimed …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014312040
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Analysis of farmers' food price volatility and Nigeria's growth enhancement support scheme
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2020
Food prices in Nigeria have become significantly higher and more volatile since 2012. The purpose of this research was … volatility at farm gate level. A total of 2100 rural farmers were sampled across Nigeria's six geopolitical zones. Result from …-impelled price rise in Nigeria. The results advocated for the need to improve the GESS in line with the agricultural transformation …
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Farmers' food price volatility and Nigeria's growth enhancement support scheme
Uduji, Joseph I.; Okolo-Obasi, Elda N.; Asongu, Simplice - 2019
The prices of food in Nigeria have become considerably higher and more volatile since 2012. The aim of this research … volatility at farm gate level. In number, 600 rural farmers were sampled across the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Results …-compelled price increment in Nigeria. The findings suggested the need to enhance the GESS in line with the agricultural transformation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012111590
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Towards inclusive green growth in Africa : critical energy efficiency synergies and governance thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
This study contributes to the scholarly literature on the drive towards sustainable development in light of the UN's Agenda 2030 and the African Union's Agenda 2063 by examining pathways through which energy efficiency (EE) promotes inclusive green growth (IGG) in Africa. Our contribution is...
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Can information and communication technology and institutional quality help mitigate climate change in E7 economies? : an environmental Kuznets Curve extension
Gyamfi, Bright Akwasi; Ampomah, Asiedu B.; Bekun, … - 2022
Understanding the role of information communication and technology (ICT) in environmental issues stemming from extensive energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the process of economic development is worthwhile both from policy and scholarly fronts. Motivated on this premise, the study...
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Foreign direct investment and Inclusive green growth in Africa : energy efficiency contingencies and thresholds
Ofori, Isaac Kwesi; Gbolonyo, Emmanuel Y.; Ojong, Nathanael - 2022
Despite the growing number of empirical studies on foreign direct investment (FDI) and energy efficiency (EE) as they relate to green growth, there remains an empirical research gap with respect to whether EE can engender positive synergy with FDI to foster inclusive green growth (IGG) in...
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