The Economic Determinants of Food Security in the MENA Region

Ahmet Ali Koç, Oznur Ozdamar and Peyman Uysal
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Ahmet Ali Koç: Department of Economics, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey
Oznur Ozdamar: Aydın Faculty of Economics, Department of Econometrics, Adnan Menderes University, Efeler, Turkey
Peyman Uysal: Department of Economics, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey

International Journal of Food and Beverage Manufacturing and Business Models (IJFBMBM), 2017, vol. 2, issue 1, 1-19

Abstract: This paper aims to analyse the determinants of the food insecurity examining the relationship of important economic,social and natural factors with an overall food insecurity index that derived by dividing the food imports value to the sum of total exports and the net remittance inflows. Overall analysis is made by employing panel-data methods using a dataset that covers 18MENA countries and Turkey for the period of 1990-2014.Emprical results support the evidence of the harmful effect of price increases on food security. Furthermore, significance of education related variables and fresh water withdrawals indicate that the region has had benefit from nearly 30 years investment on education and intensive water exploitation, although poor water management and great waste of irrigation will most likely have negative effects on food security in the near future.

Date: 2017
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