Agricultural labour productivity, food prices and sustainable development impacts and indicators

Food Policy

Volumn 39, Issue , 2013, Pages 40-50

  Dorward, Andrew ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Leverhulme Centre for Integrative Research in Agriculture and Health   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Agricultural development; Food prices; Food security; Labour productivity; Millennium development goals; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOR; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMMODITY PRICE; DEVELOPMENT INDICATOR; FOOD PRODUCTION; FOOD SECURITY; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; MILLENIUM DEVELOPMENT GOAL; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84873841795     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2012.12.003     Document Type: Article

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