Support for agriculture during economic transformation: Impacts on poverty and undernutrition

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 12309-12314

  Webb, Patrick ^a   Block, Steven ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural policy; Economic growth

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; OBESITY; POLICY; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

AGRICULTURE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; POVERTY; SOCIAL PLANNING; URBAN RENEWAL;

EID: 84864497575     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913334108     Document Type: Review

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