The Nexus between Malnutrition and Agricultural Subsector Outputs in Nigeria

Hephizibah Onyeje Obekpa

No 303591, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security Policy Research Briefs from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics, Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Food Security (FSP)

Abstract: Key Findings -Agricultural subsectors outputs can reduce the rate of malnutrition in Nigeria by 35 percent. -Foreign direct investment had a negative effect on output. An increase in labor in all agricultural subsectors will bring about a positive effect on the yield of all the subsectors. -Government’s public spending and foreign direct investment will boost the output of the livestock sector in Nigeria.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Food Security and Poverty; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 4
Date: 2019-04-25
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.303591

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