Can Foreign Direct Investment Complement or Substitute Public Agricultural Spending for the Sustainability of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria? Empirical Evidence Using Monte Carlo Simulation
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Djomo Choumbou Raoul FANI Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, University of Buea, Cameroon
The study analysed the response of agricultural growth to foreign direct investment and public agricultural spending from 1980 to 2018. Data were collected from secondary sources and analysed using Johansen Co integration, Vector Error correction model and Monte Carlo Simulation. The result showed that foreign direct investment and public agricultural spending increased agricultural production in the long but decreased it in the short run. The study concluded that an increase in foreign direct investment and an increase in public agricultural spending (scenario 3) provided the best alternative for the sustainability of agricultural growth in Nigeria. It was recommended friendly business policies should be made to attract more foreign direct investment into the country and the issues of insecurity and infrastructures should be handled for meaningful and sustainable FDI to be attracted into Nigeria.
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Obekpa, H.O., Fani, D.C.R., Dzever, D.D., Ayuba, A., Frimpong, E. 2021. Can Foreign Direct Investment Complement or Substitute Public Agricultural Spending for the Sustainability of the Agricultural Sector in Nigeria? Empirical Evidence Using Monte Carlo Simulation, Journal of Applied Economic Sciences, Volume XVI, Fall, 3(73): 302– 317. https://doi.org/10.57017/jaes.v16.3(73).05
Article’s history:
Received 21st of August, 2021; Received in revised form 17th of September, 2021; Accepted 7th of October, 2021; Published 15th of October, 2021. All rights reserved to the Publishing House.
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