Osabohien, Romanus and Akinpelumi, Doris and Matthew, Oluwatoyin and Okafor, Victoria and Iku, E. and OLAWANDE, TOMIKE IBIRONKE and Okorie, U. (2019) Agricultural Exports and Economic Growth in Nigeria: An Econometric Analysis. In: International Conference on Energy and Sustainable Environment, 2019, Online.
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It has been observed that export promotion drive boosts economic growth of developing countries (Nigeria inclusive) through the multiplier effects that the income earned from exports has on the economy. Prior to the discovery of oil, agriculture has been the main contributor to the Nigerian external sector. It is in the light of this that this study sets out to examine the impact of agricultural export on Nigeria’s economic growth. This study used the Autoregressive Distribution Lag (ARDL) econometric technique to analyze the long run relationship and the impact of agricultural exports on Nigeria’s economic growth. Economic growth is the dependent variable, and is proxied by the real gross domestic product, the explanatory variables include: agricultural export, foreign direct investment, inflation rate and the labour force. The results from the ARDL technique revealed that agricultural exports significantly affect Nigeria’s economic growth; this suggests that, a 1percent increase in - agricultural export will boost economic growth in Nigeria by approximately 25percent.Therefore, from the results, the study recommended that agricultural export need to be promoted through the increase in agricultural production base.
| Item Type: | Conference or Workshop Item (Paper) |
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| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Management Faculty of Law, Arts and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences |
| Depositing User: | nwokealisi |
| Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2024 14:35 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2024 14:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.covenantuniversity.edu.ng/id/eprint/17745 |
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