Food shortages and international agricultural programs

Critical Reviews in Plant Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 505-517

  Herdt, Robert W ^a  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Assistance; CRSP; Development aid; Famine; Food consumption; Food crisis; Food trends; Human capital; Hunger

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144259337     PISSN: 07352689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07352680490886879     Document Type: Review

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