Behavioral dimensions of food security

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

Volumn 109, Issue 31, 2012, Pages 12315-12320

  Timmer, C Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavioral economics; Food crises; Structural transformation; World rice market

Indexed keywords

ASIAN; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD SECURITY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; MARKETING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; POLITICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE PRICING; REVIEW; RICE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

ASIA; ECONOMICS, BEHAVIORAL; FOOD; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MARKETING; ORYZA SATIVA;

EID: 84864503954     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0913213107     Document Type: Review

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