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Urbanization and food imports in sub‐Saharan Africa
Author(s) -
Tabi James,
Howard Wayne H.,
Phillips Truman
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1991.tb00178.x
Subject(s) - urbanization , granger causality , economics , food processing , developing country , development economics , agricultural economics , geography , economic growth , biology , food science , econometrics
The Granger statistical test of causality was used to examine the relationship between total food imports and urbanization and between food aid and urbanization. Urbanization appears to have caused total food imports to increase in 13 of the 24 countries. Food imports appear to be a cause of urbanization in three countries. Food aid, however, apparently was a cause of urbanization in 16 of the 24 countries used in the analysis.