Mind the (yield) gap(s)

Food Security

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 509-518

  Sumberg, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Africa; Agriculture; Crop; Ecology; Productivity

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FOOD SECURITY; MICROECONOMICS; POLICY MAKING;

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 84870394786     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-012-0213-0     Document Type: Article

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