Issues and challenges in defeating world hunger

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 544-557

  Nah, Sui Lin ^a   Chau, Chi Fai ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; ISSUES AND CHALLENGES; POLITICAL ASPECTS; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; SOCIO-ECONOMICS; WEALTH OF INFORMATION;

FOOD SUPPLY;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 78149415621     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2010.07.013     Document Type: Review

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