Impacts of carbon dioxide emissions on agricultural production indicators in Sub-Saharan African countries: New perspectives from static and dynamic panel models

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This research examines the impact of CO 2 emissions on agricultural production indexes, considering renewable energy contributions, institutional quality, and technological advancements. The study utilizes panel data for Sub-Saharan African countries from 1996 to 2021 sourced from the World Development Indicator of the World Bank. Various static and dynamic panel models including OLS, fixed effects, difference, and system GMM were employed in this study. The results indicate that CO 2 emissions, gross capital formation, renewable energy, and arable land size contribute positively to the crop production index with statistical significance. Additionally, crop production index, Labor, and government effectiveness have a positive influence on livestock production. Conversely, the effect of government effectiveness and Labor on agricultural production remained inconclusive.CO 2 emission, gross capital formation, renewable energy consumption, and arable land size demonstrate a negative impact on livestock production. To achieve zero hunger as laid out in the UN Sustainability Development Goals, Sub-Saharan African countries must commercialize agricultural procedures, enforce property rights in land acquisition and utilization, and adopt more environmentally friendly practices. CO2 emission Agricultural production Renewable energy institutional quality and technological progress Panel model Full Text Cite Share Download PDF Status: Published Journal Publication published 24 Dec, 2024 Read the published version in Environmental Science and Pollution Research → Version 1 posted Editorial decision: Major Revision 02 Aug, 2024 Reviewers agreed at journal 14 Jun, 2024 Reviewers invited by journal 13 Jun, 2024 Editor invited by journal 11 Jun, 2024 Editor assigned by journal 27 May, 2024 First submitted to journal 24 May, 2024 You are reading this latest preprint version Research Square lets you share your work early, gain feedback from the community, and start making changes to your manuscript prior to peer review in a journal. As a division of Research Square Company, we’re committed to making research communication faster, fairer, and more useful. We do this by developing innovative software and high quality services for the global research community. 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