Market based price support program: an alternative approach to large scale food procurement and distribution system

Food Policy

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 475-486

  Khan, M Mahmud ^a,b   Jamal, A M M ^c  

^a ICDDR B Centre for Health and Population Research   (Bangladesh)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FOOD MARKET; PRICE SUPPORT;

BANGLADESH;

EID: 0031403624     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-9192(98)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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