Asian development and poverty reduction strategies: Integrating fisheries into the development discourse

Food Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 385-400

  Thorpe, Andy ^a   Reid, Chris ^a   van Anrooy, Raymon ^b   Brugere, Cecile ^b   Becker, Denis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asia; Consumption; Content analysis; Fisheries; Poverty; Trade

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EMPLOYMENT GENERATION; FISHERY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT;

ASIA; EURASIA;

EID: 33745185357     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2005.09.007     Document Type: Article

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