Ime O. Utuk

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Akwa Ibom State University

This research paper investigated the interaction among transport infrastructure, institutional quality and agricultural sector performance in Nigeria using annual data from 2000 to 2022. The ADF unit root test, Auto-regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) bounds test, and Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) technique were deployed in the analysis of da...

For decades, Nigeria’s agriculture intermodal mix has been out of balance, leaning heavily on road transport. Seventy per cent of agro-produce transportation is through a crumbling road system. For stakeholders, the return of rail transport services is a good omen. The purpose of this paper was to investigate the effect of rail infrastructure quali...

This study seeks to establish the relationship between agriculture value added and some selected macroeconomic factors in Nigeria from 2000-2022. Augmented Dickey Fuller unit root tests, co-integration test with Auto regressive Distributed Lag Bound test, Auto regressive Distributed Lag-Error Correction Model analysis were carried out on the data f...

This study evaluates the effect of agriculture value added in the relationship between agricultural export and economic growth in Nigeria from 2000 to 2022 by employing time series data and deploying Augmented Dicky- Fuller unit root, Auto-regressive Distributed lag (ARDL) framework, and Dynamic Ordinary Least Square (DOLS) technique for analysis....

One of the most controversial areas in macroeconomics is the saving–growth nexus. This study is an attempt to examine this relationship in the case of Nigeria. Time series data over the period 1981 to 2020 were used. The analysis was based on Augmented Dickey–Fuller (ADF) test, Johansen cointegration test, Dynamic Ordinary Least Squares (DOLS) tech...

Despite the agricultural sector’s robust performance, Nigeria remains vulnerable to food insecurity and is unable to meet domestic demand. This study seeks the empirically analyze the impact of government agricultural investment on the growth of agricultural output in Nigeria.The study covers the period 1981–2020 using annual data from secondary so...

Poverty alleviation is today a principal yardstick for measuring sustainable development. The soundness of economic policy and quality of a countries institution ultimately can be seen by the extent to which they contribute to the alleviation of poverty and sustainable development. The impact of poverty on sustainable development in Nigeria is deva...

This paper empirically analyzed the impact of government finance on the growth of agricultural sector in Nigeria. The relevant time series data for the study were obtained from secondary sources. The data ranged from 1981 to 2020, and the Augmented Dickey Fuller (ADF) test was deployed to test their stationarity. The study further uses the newly de...