Water scarcity and food trade in the Southern and Eastern Mediterranean countries

Food Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 585-605

  Yang, Hong ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^b  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Food trade; Multi variable regression; Southern and Eastern Mediterranean; Water scarcity

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; EUROPEAN UNION; EXPORT; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; GOODS EXCHANGE; IMPORT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUGAR; VEGETABLE OIL; WATER RESOURCE;

EID: 34547560689     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2006.11.004     Document Type: Article

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