Ensuring that potential Gulf farmland investments in developing countries are pro-poor and sustainable

Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2011, Pages 129-137

  Zurayk, Rami ^a   Chaaban, Jad ^a   Sabra, Alia ^a,b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b Environmental Scientist   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Farmland investments; Food security; Gulf Cooperation Council; Sudan

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; INVESTMENT; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; SUSTAINABILITY;

INDONESIA; PAKISTAN; SUDAN;

EID: 79951581361     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-010-0107-y     Document Type: Article

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