Effect of Commercial Bank Agricultural Funding on Food Inflation in Nigeria (Published)
This study examined the effect of commercial bank loans to the agricultural sector on food inflation in Nigeria. Food inflation was used as a proxy for food security. The study adopted an ex post facto research design and used annual time series data covering the period 1990 to 2023. Data were obtained from the Central Bank of Nigeria, the National Bureau of Statistics, and the World Development Indicators. The Ordinary Least Squares regression technique was applied. The result showed that commercial bank loans to agriculture had a negative but statistically insignificant effect on food inflation at the 5 percent level. This indicates that increased bank lending to agriculture did not significantly reduce food inflation during the period reviewed. The study concludes that commercial bank credit alone is insufficient to address food insecurity in Nigeria without proper targeting, timely disbursement, and supportive production conditions.
Keywords: Food Security, Government Expenditure, Nigeria, agricultural finance, agricultural funding, commercial bank loans, food inflation, public spending
Government Expenditure in Agriculture Sector of Nepal: An Empirical Analysis (Published)
This study examines the logical relationship between Agriculture Production and Government Expenditure in Nepal. The empirical research has applied Cochrane-Orcutt auto-regressive model from panel data for the period 1983/84 to 2013/14. In this regard, The empirical evidence confirm that the expenditure in agriculture sector is the causes of economic growth in Nepal. More specifically, iteration five gives the D-W value is 1.697 to compared tabulated dL , dU values are 1.284 and 1.567 at the two independent variables. The D -W value lies between dU and 4-dU, where this is nearest to 2.Sothat, there is no auto-correlation among error terms. Fact finding to shows that, the checking results homogeneous with theory and healthy and strong of the conclusion.
Keywords: Agriculture Production, Cochrane-Orcutt, Empirical Research, Government Expenditure