Agric. Econ. - Czech, 2017, 63(6):283-297 | DOI: 10.17221/333/2015-AGRICECON

Impact of food availability on child mortality: a cross country comparative analysisOriginal Paper

Mary Oluwatoyin AGBOOLA
Finance and Banking Department, College of BusinessDar Al Uloom University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

The study examined the impact of food security on child mortality (infant mortality and under-five mortality), using a dynamic panel data analysis for 114 countries for the period 1995-2009 by considering a wide range of controlled variables such as income, social indicators and policy variables. The result suggests that food security has a negative impact on child mortality for all countries and even more impact on child mortality within the food insecure African countries. Therefore, based on the findings of the study; it is recommended that an increase in food security is indeed a positive policy option, particularly within the food insecure African countries, since it ensures a decrease in child mortality within these countries.

Keywords: Africa, African dummy, economic growth, food crisis, food availability

Published: June 30, 2017  Show citation

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