The food price crisis and urban food (in)security

Environment and Urbanization

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 467-482

  Cohen, Marc J ^a   Garrett, James L ^b  

^a Oxfam America ^*  (United States)

^b Mozambique SAKSS Programme   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

coping strategies; food crisis; food prices; food security; markets; social protection; urban; urban agriculture

Indexed keywords

COPING STRATEGY; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SECURITY; POLICY MAKING; PRICE DYNAMICS; SOCIAL SECURITY; URBAN AGRICULTURE; URBAN POPULATION; VULNERABILITY;

EID: 78049473300     PISSN: 09562478     EISSN: 17460301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956247810380375     Document Type: Article

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