The Corn Price Surge: Impacts on Rural Mexico

World Development

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1878-1887

  Dyer, George A ^a   Taylor, J Edward ^b  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofuels; Food; Land use; Latin america; Maize; Mexico

Indexed keywords

BIOFUEL; DEFORESTATION; GENERAL EQUILIBRIUM ANALYSIS; INCOME; LAND USE; MAIZE; MICROECONOMICS; RURAL AREA;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 80052591994     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2011.04.032     Document Type: Article

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