The growing importance of the former USSR countries in world agricultural markets

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 65-71

  Liefert, William M ^a   Serova, Eugenia ^b   Liefert, Olga ^a  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agricultural trade; Grain exports; Kazakhstan; Meat imports; Russia; Ukraine; Wheat exports

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BARLEY; ECONOMIC GROWTH; EXPORT; INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT; LIVESTOCK; MEAT; WHEAT;

USSR;

HORDEUM; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 78149417685     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00489.x     Document Type: Article

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