The Impact of Agricultural Development on Different Dimensions of Food Security in Developing Countries

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension and Education Research

Leyla Heydari ¹ , Amir Mohammadinejad ² , Seyed Yaghob Zeraatkish ³ , Reza Moghaddsi ⁴

1 - Department of Agricultural Economics, Science and Research Branch,Islamic Azad university, Tehran, Iran.
2 - Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad ‎University, Tehran, Iran.( Corresponding Author)
3 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad ‎University, Tehran, Iran.
4 - Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Science and Research Branch ,Islamic Azad ‎University ,Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-03-16 Accepted : 2021-03-18 Published : 2021-02-19

Keywords: Developing Countries, Panel data, Keywords: Access to Food, Agricultural Development, Food security,

Abstract :

Abstract Food security is one of the main conditions for the realization of national security and one of important functions of agricultural development. Therefore, the aim of this study is the study of the impact of agricultural development and other macroeconomic variables on food security and its sub-indicators (access to food, economic ability to buy food, and food health) in 64 developing countries. For this purpose, the panel data methods, and the data of developing countries in the period 1996-2016 are been used. The results show that agricultural development (the increase in agricultural value added) enhances food security through improving access to food. The GDP have a positive effect on food security so that all three dimensions of food security improved by increasing income. Rising prices will reduce food security by reducing access to food and reducing purchasing power.The urbanization has different effects on the different dimensions of food security but overall reduces food security. Keywords: Access to Food, Agricultural Development, Developing Countries, Food Security, Panel Data.

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