Urban food insecurity and the new international food security agenda

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 527-544

  Crush, Jonathan S ^a,b   Frayne, G Bruce ^c  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFSUN; AGRA; Food security; Poverty; Urban

Indexed keywords

FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; POVERTY; SMALLHOLDER; URBANIZATION;

AFRICA;

EID: 80052829902     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2011.605571     Document Type: Article

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