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South-South cooperation and food security
2024-06-04 15:58:00

本文发表于《China Economic Quarterly International》2024年第1期

South-South cooperation and food security

Lin Shen, Cui Jingbo

  Using the Chinese Agriculture Technology Demonstration Center (ATDC) in Africa as a quasi-natural experiment, we examine the causal impacts of China’s aid on crop production in Africa.The data pertain to African country-by-crop panel d ata from 2000 to 2018. Leveraging the triple difference-in-differences method, we find that the ATDC leads to increased crop production and improved trade dependence. The positive effects are more pronounced for free-standing technical support and ATDCs operated by state-owned enterprises. Lastly, the ATDC has profound implications for local agriculture and rural development.

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