The role of the agricultural sector as one of the aspects of economic diversification in developing non-hydrocarbon exports - A standard study of the case of Algeria for the period from 1990 to 2020

Abstract

The study aimed to measure the relationship between the agricultural sector and non-hydrocarbon exports in Algeria for the period between 1990 and 2020. The study therefore adopted a dependent variable represented by the value of non-hydrocarbon exports LEXPOF, and an independent variable represented by the value added of the agricultural sector LAGR. The study used the descriptive analytical approach, and the ARDL model, using the standard program EViews 10. The study concluded that there was no relationship between the two variables in the short term, while in the long term, the value added parameter of the agricultural sector was positively associated with the value of non-hydrocarbon exports, as the value of the LAGR parameter reached 1.045271 with a probability value of 0.0000, i.e. less than a significance level of 1%, indicating that any change in the value added parameter of the agricultural sector (LAGR) by 1% in the long term will lead to a change in the value of non-hydrocarbon exports by 1.045271% in the same direction