Population and Food Insecurity in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis

Mohamad Kassem, Maria Safdar and Muhammad Zahid Naeem
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Maria Safdar: University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan
Muhammad Zahid Naeem: University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan

Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), 2019, vol. 8, issue 4, 205-212

Abstract: A specific amount of food and safe drinking water are basic necessities of living human-being. More than one billion individual’s square measure calculable to lack adequate dietary energy avails, and a minimum of double that variety suffers matter deficiencies. As a result of indicators inform action, a lot of current analysis focuses on rising food insecurity menstruation. The study has tested the population theory of Malthus in case of Pakistan. For investigating the long run relationship among the variables of the model Johansson Co integration technique is applied. For examining the short run dynamic Error Correction Model (ECM) is applied. Furthermore, the higher population growth rate increases the food insecurity, not only in the long run, but also in the short run in case of Pakistan.

Keywords: population growth; food insecurity; gross domestic product; consumer price index (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E31 O1 Q18 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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