Cereal Trade and Food Security: Empirical Evidence for Sub-Saharan African Countries

Simple item page
dc.contributor.authorZahonogo, Windbeneti Arnaud
dc.date.accessioned2025-05-06T07:31:05Z
dc.date.available2025-05-06T07:31:05Z
dc.date.issued2025
dc.description.abstractSustainable Development Goal 2 (SDG2) aims to end world hunger, but Africa is currently not on track to meet this goal. Sub-Saharan Africa is particularly affected, with a significant increase in undernourished people. The issue of food security is, therefore, a pressing concern, and promoting trade has been suggested as one solution. This study examines the impact of cereal import openness on the prevalence of undernourishment in 27 Sub-Saharan African countries for the period 2000 - 2020. Using a two-stage least square instrumental variable (2SLS-IV) estimator, we find that greater cereal import openness is significantly associated with higher levels of undernourishment in sub-Saharan Africa and then increased food insecurity. Our results are robust to alternative food security indicators.
dc.identifier.urihttps://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/handle/123456789/3984
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherAERC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesAERC Working Paper 005-2025
dc.titleCereal Trade and Food Security: Empirical Evidence for Sub-Saharan African Countries
dc.typeWorking Paper
Files
Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
AERC Working Paper 005 -2025.pdf
Size:
1.01 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:
Download
License bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Thumbnail Image
Name:
license.txt
Size:
1.71 KB
Format:
Item-specific license agreed upon to submission
Description:
Download
Collections
AERC Working Paper Series 2025