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{"title":"Effects of food price changes on child undernutrition among agricultural households in Nigeria","authors":"Dare Akerele ,&nbsp;Olusegun Fadare ,&nbsp;Adebayo Ogunniyi ,&nbsp;Olutayo Adeyemi ,&nbsp;Mistura Rufai","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100158","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100158","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the effects of changing food prices on the nutritional outcomes of children under five years old in Nigeria, utilising data from the 2013 and 2016 Nigeria Living Standards Measurement Study – Integrated Surveys on Agriculture (LSMS-ISA). We applied correlated random-effects probit and fixed-effects regression models to analyse the data. Results indicate an increase in stunting and decreases in wasting and underweight conditions among children over the years studied. Specifically, higher prices for fish, eggs, beef, rice, and cooking oil have a significant association with increased stunting, while increases in the prices of maize and garri are associated with greater wasting. Underweight increase with higher prices of milk, maize, and rice. In contrast, modest increases in yam and beans prices have not exacerbated undernutrition. The study also highlights the importance of household income growth and women's involvement in financial decisions in reducing child undernutrition. We advocate for agriculture-led, nutrition-sensitive policies that address the high costs of animal proteins and staples such as rice, maize, and garri, while monitoring and carefully regulating upticks in the prices of yam and beans.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000363/pdfft?md5=37e16ba634be05f58d50dccdd08f68bd&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000363-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141243809","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Professional networks and access to extension as drivers of sustainable agricultural practices among Ghanaian oil palm farmers","authors":"Oscar Ampofo ,&nbsp;Emile Mawutor Tsekpo ,&nbsp;Nathaniel Amoh Boateng","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100160","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Increasing agricultural productivity through the uptake of sustainable agricultural practices (SAPs) offers a credible pathway to addressing food insecurity while preserving vital ecosystem resources, as such, factors that drive farmers' decisions to adopt these SAPs need examination. Most extant studies, on the adoption of SAPs, however, tend to place emphasis on socioeconomic incentives, giving little attention to the role of professional networks and institutional factors especially on oil palm which has strong links to deforestation and reduction in tree cover despite the numerous economic benefits. Using cross-sectional data from six oil palm producing regions in Ghana, this study analyses the role of producer membership, links with institutions such as NGOs, and extension access in the adoption of improved seeds, fertilizers, pest management practices, soil and moisture conservation practices, and legume cover crops among oil palm farmers in Ghana. The study employs a multivariate probit model to examine the probability of adopting SAPs and a poisson regression to model the intensity of SAPs adopted. The study also uses the instrumental variable approach to circumvent the issue of endogeneity. Results indicate that these networks and institutions significantly affect farmers’ adoption of SAPs. The study also finds heterogeneous associations with the adoption decisions depending on the type of innovation. In particular, we show evidence that farmers’ link with formal institutions is negatively associated with the adoption of diverse input intensive technologies, whereas it is positively associated with the adoption of natural resource management technologies. However, we find a consistent positive association of membership of producer organization on the adoption of different SAPs except legume cover cropping. Though differing relationships, we find that extension access and membership of producer organization are significantly associated with the intensity of SAPs adoption. Taken together, our findings suggest an integrated approach by the actors in the promotion of SAPs.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100160"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000387/pdfft?md5=0b331f6cda1404ca856261c296354822&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000387-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141325215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Transition to sustainable environment and economic growth in Tunisia: An ARDL approach","authors":"Emna Trabelsi","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100165","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100165","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study investigates the relationship between environmental sustainability and economic growth in Tunisia by employing the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) approach, Principal Component Analysis (PCA), and Granger Causality on annual data from 1990 to 2022. It aims to understand how environmental sustainability influences Tunisia's economic growth, revealing a substantial positive long-term association. The research is crucial in the global discourse on sustainability, providing insights for informed policy-making and sustainable development, particularly in developing nations like Tunisia. By utilizing the PCA, the ARDL approach, and Granger causality, the analysis gains robustness, offering a comprehensive understanding of the complex relationship. The originality lies in its Tunisia-specific focus, contributing perspectives to the broader conversation on environmental sustainability and economic growth. Notably, we identify a positive long-term impact of environmental sustainability on Tunisia's economic growth, with implications for policymakers, economists, and environmental advocates. The robustness of the results to different proxies reinforces the credibility and applicability of the findings, advancing both academic understanding and providing actionable insights for policymakers aiming to balance economic prosperity and environmental sustainability in Tunisia and similar developing economies. A green economy model mut be embraced in Tunisia, that meets economic and environmental goals, particularly decarbonization through energy security, creating quality jobs through trade openness and FDI, promoting entrepreneurship and technology start-ups.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100165"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000430/pdfft?md5=da20ecc977bf40a9c6e532a6d3d556b2&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000430-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141325216","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Enhancing safe vegetable cultivation through capacity development: Exploring the need for low-external-input utilization among farmers in Bangladesh","authors":"Mohammad Golam Farouque ,&nbsp;Mohammed Nasir Uddin ,&nbsp;Debashis Roy ,&nbsp;Saifur Rahman ,&nbsp;Khondokar H. Kabir ,&nbsp;Joseph L. Donaldson","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100161","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100161","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Excessive use of agrochemicals in vegetable cultivation has led to several problems, including serious health and environmental issues. Therefore, farming with low-external inputs (LEIs) is inevitable for enhancing safety and security. Thus, the study investigates the need for capacity building on low-external-input techniques, identifies factors that may influence the need for capacity building, and explores the challenges faced by vegetable farmers while using low-external inputs for vegetable cultivation. The study, conducted in Daudkandi and Sherpur Upazila of Cumilla and Bogura districts, involved 400 farmers surveyed face-to-face using a structured questionnaire. The findings revealed that 69% farmers acknowledged a pressing need for capacity development in LEI practices. Factors such as education, family income, training participation, social mobility, extension agent engagement, and food safety awareness were found to significantly influence the need for capacity building. In addition, key challenges faced by farmers during LEI adoption included inadequate technical expertise, suboptimal results, and insufficient method demonstrations. Extension officials are encouraged to prioritize the identified capacity-building needs and emphasize the dissemination of agrochemical-related information to vegetable farmers to prevent input dealers from promoting their use. These measures can empower farmers to adopt safe and sustainable LEI practices, enhancing both vegetable quality and environmental health in Bangladesh.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100161"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000399/pdfft?md5=d9b09df7d65bbec7a1d3e0bbfaca5f18&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000399-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141249762","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Erratum to “The dynamics of asymmetry among fertility, income inequality and financial development in Bangladesh” [World Development Sustainability (2022), Volume 1, 100014]","authors":"Humaira Husain","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100172","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100172"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000508/pdfft?md5=63c04855df2e55e4ddcb909e03b1918f&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000508-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141438988","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of fire-induced forest-degradation on rainfall: A causal inference analysis of the case of the Brazilian Amazon","authors":"Thiago F․ Morello R․ Silva","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100162","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100162","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Forest degradation by fires is growing in a fast pace in the Brazilian portion of the Amazonian rainforest, damaging the regional environment and economy. Seeking to measure the impact of such process on rainfall, the paper analyses a wide diversity of fine-grained satellite measurements with causal inference techniques. Results show that agricultural fires increase forest fires in 40 % of the usual rise in forest fires due to seasonal warming. Rainfall is reduced in 25 % of the rainfall decay normally caused by seasonal drying. Impacts on agricultural production were detected, but the evidence was not strong. These findings considerably expand the hitherto available evidence, which is not only scarce and biased by confounders, but essentially uni-disciplinary and thus partial in terms of the acknowledged consequences.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"5 ","pages":"Article 100162"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000405/pdfft?md5=6a50be55cad27cdb881b1e4003c29564&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000405-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141961582","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Creating energy poverty by an anti-energy poverty policy? An analysis of the impact of the “coal-to-gas” policy in Northern China","authors":"Jianping Yao ,&nbsp;Lingzi Zhang ,&nbsp;Zhanping Hu ,&nbsp;Yanan Xie","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100154","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100154","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The recent <strong>“</strong>coal-to-gas\" (CTG) energy policy serves as an important measure to mitigate air pollution in northern China, and also carries out a mission of alleviating rural energy poverty. To unravel the impact of the CTG policy on rural energy poverty, this study examines the effect on economic and well-being dimensions of energy poverty based on data from five villages in northern China. The findings indicate that in general the CTG policy only limitedly alleviated rural energy poverty with effects varying significantly across different social groups. Economically, the policy has significantly increased recipients’ financial burden, and thereby exacerbated their energy poverty. In terms of well-being, the policy has improved the quality of life for villagers by reducing cooking time and raising indoor temperature, thus contributing to a reduction in energy poverty. The CTG recipients are distinguished into four categories based on varied experiences on economic and well-being aspects, with only one third experiencing overall positive impacts. The study suggests that energy policies intended to alleviate energy poverty may paradoxically perpetuate it. The differential impact across social groups calls for more nuanced and targeted approaches to mitigate the adverse effects of energy policies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000326/pdfft?md5=dfd8647ad9203520d9958a3a608e2a4f&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000326-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141057163","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"How the GATT agreement on agriculture shifted pollution from its richer to poorer members: Implications for sustainability mandates of trade agreements","authors":"Nikolay Anguelov ,&nbsp;William Ash","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100151","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100151","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper evaluates the impact of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade's Agreement on Agriculture (GATT AA) on outcomes outlined as its sustainability goals. They include adopting and sustaining agricultural practices to lower fertilizer pollution from nitrogen and phosphate, as well as to lower CO₂ levels from vegetal and animal production. This study evaluates if these goals were met for those nations that joined the GATT AA. Applying an Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) framework, we examine the change in levels of the specific pollutants specified in the GATT AA's Application of Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) provision for 101 countries for the time frame pre- and post- joining the GATT AA. The results suggest that wealthy GATT AA member nations were able to lower their integrated agrarian toxicity relatively more and mainly through increasing the imports of foodstuffs. The implication is that trade liberalization may have allowed richer nations to lower their pollution levels by importing rather than producing certain crops associated with relatively more toxic fertilization. Further investigation can analyze such findings in the context of changing assumptions of EKC and Ecologically Unequal Exchange theories.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000296/pdfft?md5=6f1a303b0acc2e4eb0343d689e709505&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000296-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140950156","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Assessing long run asymmetric effect of urbanization, fossil energy consumption and regulatory quality on environmental degradation in the Black Sea Region: A dynamic analysis","authors":"Kwaku Addai ,&nbsp;Dervis Kirikkaleli ,&nbsp;George Oppong Appiagyei Ampong ,&nbsp;Mohamed Yufenyuy","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100153","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100153","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Sustainable development policies of the Black Sea Region is vital to European Union given increasing environmental disturbances by dynamic and heterogenous factors across the enclave beginning from 1990s. This study assesses long run asymmetric effect of urbanization, energy consumption and regulatory quality on environmental degradation, with data from 1998Q1 to 2017Q4. First pooled mean group (PMG) estimates suggest short-run nonlinear and asymmetric effects of the independent variables on carbons emissions. Second, (i) long-run PMG estimates indicate improvements in regulatory quality reduces carbon dioxide emissions; (ii) increases in both urbanization and fossil energy consumption lead to corresponding rise in carbon dioxide emissions. Third, outcomes of Dumitrescu Hurlin causality estimates indicate (i) both fossil energy consumption and urbanization have unidirectional causal effects on carbon dioxide emissions; and (ii) increases in both urbanization and carbon dioxide emissions cause changes in regulations quality. These findings provide environmental regulatory insights for the Black Sea regions, especially to the European Union. Towards the future, the EU could ensure increased funding, research and policy inter-linking. Cooperation and formal exchanges among the economies in implementation of Danube River and Black Sea Conventions could be strengthened to preserve commercial marine resources; biodiversity and Habitat resources and reduce eutrophication. Additionally, fossil energy-guzzling industries could be regulated by the EU to use efficient technologies toward saving energy. To address urban-driven carbons emission across the region, economies across the region could invest in natural gas; while heavy investments are made in energy productivity.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100153"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000314/pdfft?md5=2cb8acf7e62209c12446efab6154a0ab&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000314-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140950155","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Quality of urban infrastructural service accessibility and human well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa","authors":"Isaiah Maket ,&nbsp;Izabella Szakálné Kanó ,&nbsp;Zsófia Vas","doi":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100155","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.wds.2024.100155","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Urban infrastructure critically influences how urban people carry their lives and mediates how services central to human well-being are accessed. Therefore, the main of this study is twofold: One, the study interrogates how the quality of urban infrastructural service accessibility influences human well-being, and two, how governance interactively with urban infrastructural services affects human well-being using balanced panel data from 2000 to 2020 from 22 Sub-Saharan African countries. Applying the Driscoll-Kraay and Two-Step Instrumental Variable Generalized Method of Moments (2SIV-GMM) in panel dynamic model setup, we uncover that increasing the quality of accessing urban infrastructural services results in enhanced human well-being. Interrogating the role of governance on human well-being, the findings depict a significant detrimental interactive effect between governance and urban infrastructural services on human well-being. Accounting for rapid urbanization in the Sub-Saharan African region, the results illustrate significant negative control effects of urbanization rate and aftermath urban agglomeration on human well-being. Conclusively, effective government policies that influence higher levels of human well-being in regions with large urban agglomerations are paramount. Thus, effective government investments in urban infrastructural services in Sub-Saharan Africa remain a vital sustainability policy agenda.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":101285,"journal":{"name":"World Development Sustainability","volume":"4 ","pages":"Article 100155"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772655X24000338/pdfft?md5=603620b746b9049217bfc42171547f13&pid=1-s2.0-S2772655X24000338-main.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141057293","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}