Challenges to ensuring food security through wheat

CAB Reviews: Perspectives in Agriculture, Veterinary Science, Nutrition and Natural Resources

Volumn 4, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chand, Ramesh ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Biofuel; Climate change; Demand; Food security; Projections; Supply; Ug99; Wheat productivity

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73349137943     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498848     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PAVSNNR20094065     Document Type: Review

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