Adapting to climate change to sustain food security

Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews: Climate Change

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 525-540

  Ziervogel, Gina ^a   Ericksen, Polly J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONS; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; COMPLEX RESPONSE; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SYSTEM; MULTIPLE COMPONENTS; MULTIPLE LEVELS;

CLIMATE CHANGE;

EID: 79956262997     PISSN: 17577780     EISSN: 17577799     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcc.56     Document Type: Review

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