Ethanol expansion in the food versus fuel debate: How will developing countries fare?

Journal of Agricultural and Food Industrial Organization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Elobeid, Amani ^a   Hart, Chad ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural markets; Energy; Ethanol; Food security

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 37849022064     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15420485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2202/1542-0485.1201     Document Type: Article

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