Assessing agriculture–tourism linkages in Senegal: A structure path analysis

Abstract

In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), in general, and Senegal, in particular, tourism has often been proposed as a pro-poor development strategy due to its intensive use of unskilled labour. However, few studies have examined the linkage between tourism and agriculture, which is still the principal sector for employment in many SSA countries. Using a Structure Path Analysis (SPA), this paper investigates how, in structural terms, an exogenous demand shock on the tourism industry affects the Senegalese agricultural sector. The SPA results show that one of the core sub-sectors of tourism hotels and restaurants has relatively weak linkages with suppliers of agricultural inputs. Staple crops is identified as the agricultural sub-sector that has the most significant impact on tourism. Food and beverage processing plays an indirect but important role in the way hotels and restaurants industry impacts agriculture. Our analysis provides robust evidence that tourism has the capacity to create opportunities for the farmers and local food supply chains through generating additional demand for food products Policy interventions looking to amplify the benefits that tourism can generate for agriculture, for the case of Senegal and comparable SSA countries, should focus on measures aiming at minimising imports of manufactured food and imports reflecting and affecting food and beverage processing and investing in agritourism development initiatives, such as farm-based accommodation, agricultural festivals and farm-tours.

Corporate social responsibility and the role of rural women in strengthening agriculture-tourism linkages in Nigeria’s oil producing communities

“…viewpoints. Yet, the positioning of this research set off from the existing agriculture and tourism sector linkages literature, which has concentrated on inter alia: rural tourism and agriculture (Fleischer and Tchetchik, 2005); tourism and agriculture in sustainable development (Gurung, 2012); food as a form of destination identity (Lin and Cai, 20111); assessing agriculture-tourism linkages in Senegal (Njoya and Nikitas, 2019);linkages between tourism and agriculture for inclusive development in Tanzania (Anderson, 2018); food in tourism attractions (Cohen and Avieli, 2004); framework for food tourism as an element of destination marketing (Du Rand and Heath, 2006); food enthusiasts and tourism (Robinson and Gest, 2016); tourism-agriculture nexuses (Welteji and Zerihum, 2018) and others.…”

The role of air transport in employment creation and inclusive growth in the Global South: The case of South Africa

“…In an economic system, policy changes have an impact on target variables, such as household incomes, through linkages between different accounts, namely production, factors and institutions (Bellú, 2012). Forward linkages measure the importance of an industry as a provider of intermediate inputs to other sectors, while backward linkages assess the importance of an industry as a consumer of intermediate inputs (Temurshoev, 2016;Mbanda and Bonga-Bonga, 2018;Njoya and Nikitas, 2019). Sectors with a forward linkage coefficient greater than one are considered to be forward-oriented, while those with a backward linkage value higher than one are defined as backward-oriented (Temurshoev, 2016).…”

“…Adelman and Robinson, 1986;Waters et al, 1999), tourism (e.g. Wagner, 1997;Blake, 2008;Akkemik, 2012;Croes and Rivera, 2017;Njoya and Nikitas, 2019), fisheries (e.g. Seung and Waters, 2009), and demand shocks in various economic sectors (e.g.…”

Spatial Analysis of Sustainability Measures from Agritourism in Iberian Cross-Border Regions

“…Several studies have researched the connections between agriculture and tourism. Some seek to identify the practices, challenges, and opportunities for coexistence between the two sectors [1,10], while others aim to understand the economic significance of agritourism in relation to the full range of commercial links between the agriculture and tourism sectors [11,12]. Other studies analyze the food supply chains of tourism accommodation providers [13,14], or interrogate how strong links between tourism and food production systems may lead to more sustainable development [15].…”