Multidisciplinary capacity-strengthening for food security and nutrition policy analysis: lessons from Malawi

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-375

  Babu, Suresh Chandra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD SECURITY; NUTRITION POLICY; POLICY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL PLANNING;

MALAWI;

EID: 0031350182     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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