Abstract:
This study infers to the best explanation of the modernisation process of farmers
in Northern and Western Africa. For this purpose, it utilises the hypotheticodeductive
method through random effects modelling and systems dynamics simulation.
Thus, Northern and Western African regions form the sample constructed
on secondary dataset between 2011-2020. The findings reveal that modernising the
farming process is a necessary and a sufficient condition for food systems and export
in these regions. Moreover, agricultural policy is associated with modernising the
farming process in both regions, even though it is a necessary but not a sufficient condition.
Consequently, as agricultural policy has impacts on modernising the farming
process and the latter is associated with food systems and export in turn, this study
concludes that modernising the farming process calls for an impetus in both regions
and in terms of agricultural extension policy.
