Mixed messages on prices and food security

Science

Volumn 335, Issue 6067, 2012, Pages 405-406

  Swinnen, Johan ^a,b   Squicciarini, Pasquamaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; POLICY APPROACH; PRICE DETERMINATION;

COST; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD COST; FOOD SECURITY; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT SAFETY; SHORT SURVEY; URBAN AREA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ECONOMICS; FOOD; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; ORGANIZATION; UNITED NATIONS;

AGRICULTURE; COMMERCE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; ORGANIZATIONS; POLICY; UNITED NATIONS;

EID: 84856252575     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1210806     Document Type: Short Survey

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