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Population and Food Insecurity in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis

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  • Mohamad Kassem

    (Department of Finance and Accounting, Lebanese International University)

  • Maria Safdar

    (University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)

  • Muhammad Zahid Naeem

    (University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan)

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.

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  • Mohamad Kassem & Maria Safdar & Muhammad Zahid Naeem, 2019. "Population and Food Insecurity in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis," Bulletin of Business and Economics (BBE), Research Foundation for Humanity (RFH), vol. 8(4), pages 205-212, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:rfh:bbejor:v:8:y:2019:i:4:p:205-212
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    Keywords

    population growth; food insecurity; gross domestic product; consumer price index;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • Q56 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Environment and Development; Environment and Trade; Sustainability; Environmental Accounts and Accounting; Environmental Equity; Population Growth
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy
    • O1 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development
    • E31 - Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics - - Prices, Business Fluctuations, and Cycles - - - Price Level; Inflation; Deflation

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