Measurement and interpretation of the role of some macroeconomic variables in agricultural performance in selected Arab countries for the period 1990-2020

Author : Ramya Amer Khalil Al Allaf and Eman Mustafa Rashad

The agricultural sector in most of the developing countries is one of the most vital sectors except
for oil, as it contributes to providing the most fundamental needs of individuals, foremost of which is food, as
well as employing 40% of the total population. However, the performance of the aforementioned sector does not
meet the performance of the agricultural sectors in the developed countries as it can not cover the needs of the
population, as the reason for this is that it is subject to the effects of a number of macroeconomic variables,
namely the values of agricultural exports and imports, cash supply, foreign exchange and Government revenues
and expenditures, as the independent variables in the standard models, which were used for estimation. So, a
number of Arab countries were that include (Iraq, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia). The study was pivoted
on the hypothesis that macroeconomic variables contribute to a varying levels to the performance of the
agricultural sector represented by the agricultural growth and the contribution of agriculture to the gross
domestic product, the rate of agricultural exposure and agricultural productivity as the dependent variables.
2020 and data of Panel Data type and Eviews_12 software and its tests were used in this study. A set of
conclusions were drawn, the most important of which were the economic policies adopted with varying roles,
but they are not ideal for the performance of the sector mentioned above. The researchers recommend
reorganizing the structure of economic policies and enhansing agricultural awareness programs in the sample
countries in the direction that achieves the largest possible amount of agricultural production for them.

Keywords : Agricultural development, agricultural investment, Macroeconomic Variables.,

Received:1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM; Accepted: 1/1/0001 12:00:00 AM