Food price policy in Sri Lanka

Food Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 81-96

  Ellis, Frank ^a   Senanayake, Piyadasa ^b   Smith, Marisol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food prices; Food security; Liberalisation; Marketing; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD MARKETS; FOOD PRICE; FOOD PRICING POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; MARKET DEVELOPMENT; MARKET LIBERALISATION; MARKETING ROLE; STATE ROLE;

SRI LANKA;

EID: 0030735448     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(96)00037-1     Document Type: Article

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