Impact of foreign direct investment on agricultural production and exports of SADC countries
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
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Result on the web
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DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101499" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.ssaho.2025.101499</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of foreign direct investment on agricultural production and exports of SADC countries
Original language description
This study investigates the impact of Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) on agricultural production and exports inselected Southern African Development Community (SADC) countries over the period 2001–2021, employing amixed-effects model. The empirical evidence reveals that FDI serves as a dual catalyst, directly enhancing domestic agricultural production while simultaneously strengthening export capacity in the sector, underscoring itspivotal role in driving agricultural sector growth in SADC countries. While FDI impacts both agricultural production and exports, its effect on production is more pronounced when human capital is considered, suggestingthe importance of host country’s absorptive capacity in maximising FDI benefits. The positive and significantimpact of FDI on agricultural exports suggests that FDI in African agricultural sectors is not only export-orientedbut also instrumental in enhancing market access and competitiveness of African agricultural products in theglobal market. However, the interaction between FDI and human capital exhibits diminishing returns, reflectingdeficiencies in the skills and technological proficiency of the region’s labour force. The study finds limited evidence of mediating effects of infrastructure, and trade openness in the FDI-agriculture nexus. Instead, tradeopenness exerts a direct positive influence on agricultural exports, while human capital directly enhancesagricultural production. To fully leverage the benefits of FDI inflows into the agricultural sectors of SADCcountries, host countries should prioritize investments in human capital development and implement targetedpolicies to attract export-oriented FDI.
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50202 - Applied Economics, Econometrics
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Social Sciences and Humanities Open
ISSN
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e-ISSN
2590-2911
Volume of the periodical
11
Issue of the periodical within the volume
April 2025
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
10
Pages from-to
1-10
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-105003179996