Changes in food consumption and the implications for food security and undernourishment: India in the 1990s

Development and Change

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 321-343

  Ray, Ranjan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPENDITURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SECURITY; LIVING STANDARD; URBAN AREA;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34247559620     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: 14677660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7660.2007.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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