Reflections on food crises past

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-11

  Timmer, C Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Export ban; Food crisis; Price stabilization; Rice market

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRICE; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; RICE;

EID: 74149083739     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.09.002     Document Type: Note

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