Household food insecurity in Timor-Leste

Food Security

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 83-94

  da Costa, Marcelino d J ^a,b   Lopes, Modesto ^a,b   Ximenes, Anita ^a,b   Ferreira, Adelfredo do Rosario ^a,b   Spyckerelle, Luc ^b   Williams, Rob ^b,c   Nesbitt, Harry ^b,c   Erskine, William ^c  

^a Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries   (Timor-Leste)

^b Seeds of Life East Timor   (Timor-Leste)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Agricultural production; Food imports; Household food security; Hungry season; Social networks; Wild food resources

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT; CLIMATE CHANGE; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; HARVESTING; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION;

LESSER SUNDA ISLANDS; SUNDA ISLES; TIMOR; TIMOR-LESTE;

ANIMALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84873507082     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-012-0228-6     Document Type: Article

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