Does bilateral trade in cereals within SADC reflect virtual trade in water between countries with different water endowments?
2023
Matchaya, Greenwell; Garcia, Roberto J.; Traoré, Fousseini | http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9352-9293 Traoré, Fousseini
This paper examines intraregional bilateral trade in virtual water embedded in cereal flows between the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) states. A gravity model is employed to examine whether annual bilateral trade depends on differences in water endowments, but also includes socio-economic and political determinants that affect trade. There is evidence that the abundance of water resources in a country influences trade for a product that is water dependent. Thus, the adverse effect of water scarcity in a country may be ameliorated by encouraging exports of water-intensive cereal crops where water is in abundance and imported where water is scarce.
Show more [+] Less [-]IFPRI3; ISI; 3 Building Inclusive and Efficient Markets, Trade Systems, and Food Industry; ReSAKSS
Show more [+] Less [-]Markets, Trade, and Institutions (MTI); Food and Nutrition Policy
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