Income distribution trends and future food demand

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 365, Issue 1554, 2010, Pages 2821-2834

  Cirera, Xavier ^a   Masset, Edoardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engel's law; Food demand; Income distribution

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD MARKET; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; LITERATURE REVIEW;

EID: 77957299867     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2010.0164     Document Type: Review

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