The effect of food-price movements on African households

International Journal of Agricultural Resources, Governance and Ecology

Volumn 9, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 121-146

  Bryngelsson, David K ^a   Åhlén, Anders ^a   Azar, Christian ^a   Persson, U Martin ^a,b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food consumption; Food production; Food price movements; Ghana; Household survey; Malawi; Poverty; South Africa; Staple crops; Sub saharan Africa; Tanzania; Vulnerability indicator

Indexed keywords

EID: 84869853095     PISSN: 14624605     EISSN: 17415004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJARGE.2012.050326     Document Type: Article

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