Food insecurity and water management shocks in Saudi Arabia: Bayesian VAR analysis.

ABSTRACT: The existing conditions of domestic agricultural production and the resulting products will not be able to fruitfully address the increasing food demand due to the limited fertile land and water resources in Saudi Arabia. Moreover, the escalating threat of a hotter climate, the deterioration in precipitation, and harsh droughts in Saudi Arabia have reduced the predictability of water management efficiency and resulted in the exhaustion of water bodies and serious degradation of ecosystems that have directly affected agricultural systems and indirectly, food security. This study also aims to assess the impact of water efficiency on food insecurity in Saudi Arabia. The study applied the Bayesian Vector Autoregressive (BVAR) model for the reference period for the data extended from 2000-2020.

SUBMITTER: Elzaki RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10807787 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature