Effects Of Global Warming On Food Insecurity In Selected West African Countries: Empirical Analysis (2001- 2021)

Abstract

There is growing evidence that global warming will have an essential negativeimpact on agricultural yields, succinctly in developing nations. With the greatestlevels of poverty and hunger, the continent most at risk from climate change isAfrica, as it is seen has a home to low-income earning families. Therefore, thisstudy reflects how global warming affects West Africa’s food insecurity between2001 to 2021. Food insecurity is measured using the prevalence ofundernourishment, while global warming is measured with temperature changes.Population growth, food price, income, FDI, and arable land are all included in theeconometric model as control variables, and panel ARDL pool mean group (PMG)was employed as the appropriate estimation technique to achieve the study’s aim.The PMG regression results show that global warming increases food insecurityin the region during the short and long periods. It is therefore imperative for WestAfrican policymakers to show more concern regarding global warming, byestablishing initiatives that encourage innovative research or investment insustainable climate activities and discouragement of activities that contribute toclimate warming. Other policy options were further discussed in the study.