Affiliation:
1. Zhejiang University of Technology
Abstract
Abstract
Climate change has been a significant threat to sustainable agriculture impacting trade and food security. This research investigates the impacts of climate change on agricultural trade and food security in emerging economies focusing on Southern Africa. The research employed the panel Generalised Method of Moments (GMM) using times series data for the period 2012 to 2021 obtained from a sample of 12 Southern African countries selected based on data availability. The main independent variable to the research was climate change variables (temperature and precipitation). Other control variables included were population growth, food inflation and agricultural growth. The study found significant negative effects of climate change on agriculture trade. Whilst temperature changes were found to have insignificant effects, precipitation changes were found to have significant positive effects. The research recommends concerted efforts towards climate change adaptation and mitigation for sustainable agriculture.
Publisher
Research Square Platform LLC
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