Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries

It is well-known that in order for countries to meet all the basic types of food commodities required, a system of free agricultural trade is critical. However, in practice, many countries choose to protect their borders through distortionary agricultural trade policies in an attempt to keep domesti...

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Main Authors:	Khalid, Haniza, Mohamed, Shaheera
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	Morrocan Association of Governance & Decision Making 2016
Subjects:	HB131 Methodology.Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/3/53614-new.pdf

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spelling	iium-536142017-02-28T07:37:49Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/ Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries Khalid, Haniza Mohamed, Shaheera HB131 Methodology.Mathematical economics. Quantitative methods HB3711 Business cycles. Economic fluctuations It is well-known that in order for countries to meet all the basic types of food commodities required, a system of free agricultural trade is critical. However, in practice, many countries choose to protect their borders through distortionary agricultural trade policies in an attempt to keep domestic markets isolated from changes in international price. The food crisis of 2007-2008 led a to an increase in border protection for many countries, particularly in the agricultural sector. In literature, debate is still ongoing regarding the impact such distortionary agricultural trade policies have on food security. This paper aims to analyse the causal impact that distortionary agricultural trade policies have on food security, utilising the generalised propensity score (GPS) method, a non-parametric matching technique with continuous treatment, to assess the effect that distortionary agricultural trade policies, proxied by the Nominal Rates of Assistance (NRA), has on the four dimensions of food security; food access, food availability, food utilisation and food stability. The data focuses on 24 developing countries in the Asian, African and Latin American region between the years of 1990 to 2010. The results of the research show that there is a degree of causal relationship between distortionary agricultural trade policies and the dimensions of food security. The results also found a positive relationship between distortionary agricultural trade policies and food security in developing countries. Morrocan Association of Governance & Decision Making 2016-11-25 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/3/53614-new.pdf Khalid, Haniza and Mohamed, Shaheera (2016) Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries. In: 3rd International Conference on Business & Management in Marrakech – Morocco, 24th-26th November 2016, Marrakech, Morocco.
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description	It is well-known that in order for countries to meet all the basic types of food commodities required, a system of free agricultural trade is critical. However, in practice, many countries choose to protect their borders through distortionary agricultural trade policies in an attempt to keep domestic markets isolated from changes in international price. The food crisis of 2007-2008 led a to an increase in border protection for many countries, particularly in the agricultural sector. In literature, debate is still ongoing regarding the impact such distortionary agricultural trade policies have on food security. This paper aims to analyse the causal impact that distortionary agricultural trade policies have on food security, utilising the generalised propensity score (GPS) method, a non-parametric matching technique with continuous treatment, to assess the effect that distortionary agricultural trade policies, proxied by the Nominal Rates of Assistance (NRA), has on the four dimensions of food security; food access, food availability, food utilisation and food stability. The data focuses on 24 developing countries in the Asian, African and Latin American region between the years of 1990 to 2010. The results of the research show that there is a degree of causal relationship between distortionary agricultural trade policies and the dimensions of food security. The results also found a positive relationship between distortionary agricultural trade policies and food security in developing countries.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Khalid, Haniza Mohamed, Shaheera
author_facet	Khalid, Haniza Mohamed, Shaheera
author_sort	Khalid, Haniza
title	Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries
title_short	Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries
title_full	Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries
title_fullStr	Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries
title_full_unstemmed	Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries
title_sort	relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: evidence from developing countries
publisher	Morrocan Association of Governance & Decision Making
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53614/3/53614-new.pdf
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Relationship between agricultural trade policies and food security: Evidence from developing countries

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