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Effects of foreign direct investment in African agriculture

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  • Don Gunasekera
  • Yiyong Cai
  • David Newth

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Purpose - – The purpose of this paper is to review the key issues surrounding foreign direct investment (FDI) in agriculture, and examine the potential impacts of FDI in African agriculture. Design/methodology/approach - – The dynamic Global Trade Analysis Project model (GDyn) is used to analyse the potential impacts of improvements in land productivity and FDI in Africa. Findings - – The results illustrate that combined efforts to improve land productivity and growth in FDI could potentially increase Africa’s share in global agricultural output and exports, particularly with respect to oil seeds, sugar, and cotton. Originality/value - – The authors employ a global economy-wide modelling framework to simulate the effects of growth in FDI in African agriculture.

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  • Don Gunasekera & Yiyong Cai & David Newth, 2015. "Effects of foreign direct investment in African agriculture," China Agricultural Economic Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 7(2), pages 167-184, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:caerpp:v:7:y:2015:i:2:p:167-184
    DOI: 10.1108/CAER-08-2014-0080
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    1. Chukwudi Emmanuel Edeh & Chidera Godson Eze & Sonia Onyinye Ugwuanyi, 2020. "Impact of foreign direct investment on the agricultural sector in Nigeria (1981–2017)," African Development Review, African Development Bank, vol. 32(4), pages 551-564, December.
    2. Muhammad Abrar ul Haq & Jayendira P. Sankar & Farheen Akram & Muhammad Siddique, 2022. "The role of farmers’ attitude towards their resources to alleviate rural household poverty," Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology, Springer, vol. 56(4), pages 2133-2155, August.
    3. Sabrine Dhahri & Anis Omri, 2020. "Does foreign capital really matter for the host country agricultural production? Evidence from developing countries," Review of World Economics (Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv), Springer;Institut für Weltwirtschaft (Kiel Institute for the World Economy), vol. 156(1), pages 153-181, February.
    4. Logan Cochrane & Eric P. H. Li & Melisew Dejene & M. Mustahid Husain, 2024. "Why foreign agricultural investment fails? Five lessons from Ethiopia," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 36(1), pages 541-558, January.
    5. Rashid, Furaha N. & Mwenda, Beny B. & Tengaa, Peter E., 2023. "Bridging Borders, Nourishing Nations: The Impact of Foreign Direct Investment on Tanzania's Cereal Yield," International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics (IJFAEC), Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat University, Department of Economics and Finance, vol. 11(4), October.
    6. Xiaoyu Jiang & Yangfen Chen, 2020. "The Potential of Absorbing Foreign Agricultural Investment to Improve Food Security in Developing Countries," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-19, March.

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    Keywords

    Africa; Agriculture; Productivity; Foreign direct investment; General equilibrium model; F1; F2; Q1; C68;
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    JEL classification:

    • F1 - International Economics - - Trade
    • F2 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business
    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • C68 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Mathematical Methods; Programming Models; Mathematical and Simulation Modeling - - - Computable General Equilibrium Models

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