IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/eco/journ2/2018-04-38.html

Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Crop Production: Finding A Sustainable Balance

Author

Listed:
  • Jeremiah Ejemeyovwi

    (Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Nigeria)

  • Gershon Obindah

    (Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Nigeria,)

  • Tiena Doyah

    (Department of Economics and Development Studies, Covenant University, Nigeria.)

Abstract

Amidst fears of food insecurity in Africa and climate change challenges to economic growth, the study observes the trend of carbon dioxide emissions and crop production with an objective to contribute to the body of knowledge, the empirical investigation of the nature of relationship existing between them. The fully modified ordinary least squares (FMOLS) method (with some pre-estimation and post-estimation tests) was adopted given the order of stationarity integration of the variables in the model. The result showed that there exists a positive significant long-run relationship between the two variables. This implies that carbon dioxideemissions and crop production over time associated with crop productivity and further contributes to the achievement of the goal two of the sustainable development goals (SDGs) 2, 3, 7 and 9.

Suggested Citation

  • Jeremiah Ejemeyovwi & Gershon Obindah & Tiena Doyah, 2018. "Carbon Dioxide Emissions and Crop Production: Finding A Sustainable Balance," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 8(4), pages 303-309.
    • Handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2018-04-38
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/download/6477/3856
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://www.econjournals.com/index.php/ijeep/article/view/6477/3856
    Download Restriction: no
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Crost, Benjamin & Duquennois, Claire & Felter, Joseph H. & Rees, Daniel I., 2018. "Climate change, agricultural production and civil conflict: Evidence from the Philippines," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 88(C), pages 379-395.
    2. Ipek Tunç, G. & Türüt-AsIk, Serap & AkbostancI, Elif, 2009. "A decomposition analysis of CO2 emissions from energy use: Turkish case," Energy Policy, Elsevier, vol. 37(11), pages 4689-4699, November.
    3. Olivier Deschênes & Michael Greenstone, 2007. "The Economic Impacts of Climate Change: Evidence from Agricultural Output and Random Fluctuations in Weather," American Economic Review, American Economic Association, vol. 97(1), pages 354-385, March.
    4. Josh M. Gray & Steve Frolking & Eric A. Kort & Deepak K. Ray & Christopher J. Kucharik & Navin Ramankutty & Mark A. Friedl, 2014. "Direct human influence on atmospheric CO2 seasonality from increased cropland productivity," Nature, Nature, vol. 515(7527), pages 398-401, November.
    5. Philip O. Alege & Queen-Esther Oye & Omobola O. Adu & Barnabas Amu & Tolu Owolabi, 2017. "Carbon Emissions and the Business Cycle in Nigeria," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 7(5), pages 1-8.
    6. Melissa Dell & Benjamin F. Jones & Benjamin A. Olken, 2008. "Climate Change and Economic Growth: Evidence from the Last Half Century," NBER Working Papers 14132, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Obindah Gershon & Chinua Mbajekwe, 2020. "Investigating the Nexus of Climate Change and Agricultural Production in Nigeria," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 10(6), pages 1-8.
    2. Imran Hussain & Abdul Rehman, 2022. "How CO2 emission interacts with livestock production for environmental sustainability? evidence from Pakistan," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 24(6), pages 8545-8565, June.
    3. Mugabe Roger & Liu Shulin & Brima Sesay, 2022. "ICT Development, Innovation Diffusion and Sustainable Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa," SAGE Open, , vol. 12(4), pages 21582440221, October.
    4. Dominic E. Azuh & Jeremiah O. Ejemeyovwi & Queen Adiat & Babatunde A. Ayanda, 2020. "Innovation and Human Development Perspectives in West Africa," SAGE Open, , vol. 10(4), pages 21582440209, December.
    5. Susan Amiesa Fubara & Omowumi O. Iledare & Obindah Gershon & Jeremiah Ejemeyovwi, 2019. "Natural Resource Extraction and Economic Performance of the Niger Delta Region in Nigeria," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 9(4), pages 188-193.
    6. Soumyanayani Mahali & Rajendra N. Paramanik & Jalandhar Pradhan, 2024. "Navigating food security in India: unravelling the interplay of climatic and non-climatic factors," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 26(12), pages 31401-31424, December.
    7. Andre Assis de Salles & Ana Beatriz Mendes Campanati, 2019. "The Relevance of Crude Oil Prices on Natural Gas Pricing Expectations: A Dynamic Model Based Empirical Study," International Journal of Energy Economics and Policy, Econjournals, vol. 9(5), pages 322-330.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Alejandro Lopez-Feldman, 2013. "Climate change, agriculture, and poverty: A household level analysis for rural Mexico," Economics Bulletin, AccessEcon, vol. 33(2), pages 1126-1139.
    2. Francisco Costa & Fabien Forge & Jason Garred & João Paulo Pessoa, 2020. "Climate Change and the Distribution of Agricultural Output," Working Papers 2003E, University of Ottawa, Department of Economics.
    3. Ishak, Phoebe W., 2022. "Murder nature: Weather and violent crime in rural Brazil," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 157(C).
    4. Matteo Lanzafame, 2014. "Temperature, rainfall and economic growth in Africa," Empirical Economics, Springer, vol. 46(1), pages 1-18, February.
    5. Michel Beine & Christopher Parsons, 2015. "Climatic Factors as Determinants of International Migration," Scandinavian Journal of Economics, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 117(2), pages 723-767, April.
    6. Adel Benhamed & Yousif Osman & Ousama Ben-Salha & Zied Jaidi, 2023. "Unveiling the Spatial Effects of Climate Change on Economic Growth: International Evidence," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(10), pages 1-20, May.
    7. Huang, Kaixing & Zhao, Hong & Huang, Jikun & Wang, Jinxia & Findlay, Christopher, 2020. "The impact of climate change on the labor allocation: Empirical evidence from China," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 104(C).
    8. Busra Agan, 2025. "Assessing the dynamic impacts of climate change adaptation and clean energy innovations on economic growth in OECD countries," Natural Resources Forum, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 49(2), pages 1057-1080, May.
    9. Zouabi, Oussama, 2012. "Changement climatique, agriculture et croissance économique :Une modélisation VAR [Climate Change, Agriculture and Economic Growth: A VAR modeling]," MPRA Paper 61072, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 2014.
    10. Li, Mengjie & Bai, Qianwen & Du, Weijian, 2025. "The world is different because of you: Global warming, technological progress and economic development," Structural Change and Economic Dynamics, Elsevier, vol. 74(C), pages 202-211.
    11. Pamela Ragazzi, 2012. "Climate Change and Migration: A Gravity Model Approach," Working Papers 2012031, University of Ferrara, Department of Economics.
    12. İbrahim Bozkurt & M. Veysel Kaya, 2021. "Agricultural production index: International comparison," Agricultural Economics, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 67(6), pages 236-245.
    13. Naeem Akram* & Asma Gulzar**, 2013. "Climate change and economic growth : An empirical analysis of Pakistan," Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, Applied Economics Research Centre, vol. 23(1), pages 31-54.
    14. Crofils, Cédric & Gallic, Ewen & Vermandel, Gauthier, 2025. "The dynamic effects of weather shocks on agricultural production," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 130(C).
    15. Maximilian Auffhammer & Solomon M. Hsiang & Wolfram Schlenker & Adam Sobel, 2013. "Using Weather Data and Climate Model Output in Economic Analyses of Climate Change," Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, vol. 7(2), pages 181-198, July.
    16. Brunel, Claire & Liu, Maggie Y., 2025. "Out of the Frying Pan: Weather shocks and internal migration in Brazil," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 188(C).
    17. Van Butsic & Ellen Hanak & Robert G. Valletta, 2008. "Regional variation in the potential economic effects of climate change," FRBSF Economic Letter, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, issue aug22.
    18. Mérel, Pierre & Paroissien, Emmanuel & Gammans, Matthew, 2024. "Sufficient statistics for climate change counterfactuals," Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, Elsevier, vol. 124(C).
    19. Newbold, Stephen & Griffiths, Charles & Moore, Chris & Wolverton, Ann & Kopits. Elizabeth, 2010. "The “Social Cost of Carbon” Made Simple," National Center for Environmental Economics-NCEE Working Papers 280887, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
    20. Cai, Ruohong & Bergstrom, John C. & Mullen, Jeffrey D. & Wetzstein, Michael E. & Shurley, W. Donald, 2011. "Principal Component Analysis of Crop Yield Response to Climate Change," Faculty Series 103947, University of Georgia, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics.

    More about this item

    Keywords

    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;
    ;

    JEL classification:

    • Q2 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q3 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Nonrenewable Resources and Conservation
    • Q4 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Energy

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:eco:journ2:2018-04-38. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Ilhan Ozturk (email available below). General contact details of provider: http://www.econjournals.com .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.