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

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

Agricultural Economics, 2017, vol. 63, issue 6, 283-297

Abstract: 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 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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