Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa
This study adopts a cross‐sectional spatial approach to examine the relationship between transport infrastructure, population location, and agricultural production in Sub‐Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). We find that both population and agricultural p...
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| author | Dorosh, Paul A. Wang, Hyoung Gun You, Liangzhi Schmidt, Emily |
| author_browse | Dorosh, Paul A. Schmidt, Emily Wang, Hyoung Gun You, Liangzhi |
| author_facet | Dorosh, Paul A. Wang, Hyoung Gun You, Liangzhi Schmidt, Emily |
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| description | This study adopts a cross‐sectional spatial approach to examine the relationship between transport infrastructure, population location, and agricultural production in Sub‐Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). We find that both population and agricultural production are spatially concentrated near large cities, with 41.4% of population and 23.6% of agricultural production (in value terms) within 2.5 hours travel time to large cities. Taking into account agroecological and other factors, we find a statistically significant association between travel time and agricultural production. Using coefficients estimated for Mozambique, we simulate the effects of hypothetical increases in road investments on travel times and agricultural production, suggesting that improvements in road infrastructure could facilitate a substantial increase in agricultural production. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1530522024-11-15T08:52:22Z Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa Dorosh, Paul A. Wang, Hyoung Gun You, Liangzhi Schmidt, Emily spatial analysis agriculture road construction market access This study adopts a cross‐sectional spatial approach to examine the relationship between transport infrastructure, population location, and agricultural production in Sub‐Saharan Africa using new data obtained from geographic information systems (GIS). We find that both population and agricultural production are spatially concentrated near large cities, with 41.4% of population and 23.6% of agricultural production (in value terms) within 2.5 hours travel time to large cities. Taking into account agroecological and other factors, we find a statistically significant association between travel time and agricultural production. Using coefficients estimated for Mozambique, we simulate the effects of hypothetical increases in road investments on travel times and agricultural production, suggesting that improvements in road infrastructure could facilitate a substantial increase in agricultural production. 2012-01 2024-10-01T13:55:33Z 2024-10-01T13:55:33Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153052 en Limited Access Wiley Dorosh, Paul A.; Wang, Hyoung Gun; You, Liangzhi; Schmidt, Emily 2012. Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa. Agricultural Economics 43(1): 89-103 |
| spellingShingle | spatial analysis agriculture road construction market access Dorosh, Paul A. Wang, Hyoung Gun You, Liangzhi Schmidt, Emily Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title | Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full | Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_fullStr | Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_short | Road connectivity, population, and crop production in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| title_sort | road connectivity population and crop production in sub saharan africa |
| topic | spatial analysis agriculture road construction market access |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/153052 |
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