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The responsibility of ensuring food security: a cross-country study on reducing the impact of agricultural industries on vulnerability to climate change

Jeremy Galbreath (School of Management and Marketing, Faculty of Business and Law, Curtin University, Perth, Australia)
Grigorij Ljubownikow (Department of Management and International Business, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Daniel Tisch (Department of Management and International Business, Faculty of Business and Economics, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand)
Gerson Tuazon (Department of Management and Economics, Open Polytechnic of New Zealand, Lower Hutt, New Zealand)

Journal of Global Responsibility

ISSN: 2041-2568

Article publication date: 15 June 2023

Issue publication date: 10 January 2024

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Abstract

Purpose

Considering that food security is a global responsibility, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of agricultural industries on vulnerability to climate change and the moderating effects of gender-diverse parliaments, education expenditures, research and development (R&D) expenditures and foreign direct investment (FDI).

Design/methodology/approach

Using concepts in governance, innovation and knowledge theory, a large panel data set of 125 countries covering 1997–2018 (1,852 country-year observations) was analyzed. Data were sourced from the Notre Dame Global Adaptation Index, the World Bank, the Heritage Index and the International Monetary Fund. Moderated random effects regression was conducted in Stata.

Findings

The results reveal that agricultural industries are positively associated with vulnerability to climate change and provide support for our predictions that education expenditures and FDI both reduce the impact of agricultural industries on vulnerability to climate change. However, contrary to predictions, the percentage of women in parliament and R&D expenditures both increase this impact.

Originality/value

To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first quantitative study that uses large, established data sets to explore the relationship between agricultural industries and country vulnerability to climate change. This study shows the significance of country-level factors that both decrease and increase the impact of agricultural industries on vulnerability to climate change.

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Citation

Galbreath, J., Ljubownikow, G., Tisch, D. and Tuazon, G. (2024), "The responsibility of ensuring food security: a cross-country study on reducing the impact of agricultural industries on vulnerability to climate change", Journal of Global Responsibility, Vol. 15 No. 1, pp. 93-110. https://doi.org/10.1108/JGR-11-2022-0119

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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