The Effect of Aggregate Measurement of Support on Urban Households’ Food Security Index in Iran
Reza Mohammadi* and Gholamreza Yavari
Payam Noor University, Gohardasht, Karaj, Alborze Province, Iran
Abstract: This study analyzes the effect of Aggregate Measurement of Support policies on Urban Households’ Food Security Index in Iran applying Auto Regressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) from (1982 – 2012). In order to achieve this goal, Aggregate Households’ Food Security Index (AHFSI), Aggregate Measurement of Support (AMS), Inflation Rate and Virtual Variant of Purposivism Subsidies Law are used. Conclusions of this study show the Aggregate Measurement of Support is meaningful and has positive effect on food security in short-term and long-term. The virtual variant of purposivism Subsidies law and inflation rate are meaningful and have negative effect on food security. As results of enforcement of purposivism subsidies law in its beginning years led to negative shock in production section and consumption section. Therefore the priority of Iran’s agricultural Era is purposive support and the next step is providing a condition to enforce purposivism Subsidies Law to decrease its negative effect. Utilizing different tools and executing a high quality support policies can improve security, encouraging investment and increase production capacity can improve food security condition in Iran.
Keywords: Support Policy; Agricultural Era; Food Security; Urban Households; ARDL Method; Iran Back to TOC