Can the African food supply model learn from the Asian food supply model? Quantification with statistical methods

Environment, Development and Sustainability

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 593-610

  Epule, Epule Terence ^a   Peng, Changhui ^a   Lepage, Laurent ^a   Nguh, Balgah Sounders ^b   Mafany, Ndiva Mongoh ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BUEA   (Cameroon)

^c Sitting Bull College   (United States)

Author keywords

Fertilizers; Food policy; Food supply; Machinery; Permanent cropland; Permanent pasture land

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CORRELATION; FARM SIZE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FOOD POLICY; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SUPPLY; MACHINERY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

AFRICA; ASIA;

EID: 84862235224     PISSN: 1387585X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10668-012-9341-0     Document Type: Article

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