Food systems in a changing world food, violence and human rights

Food Security and Global Environmental Change

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 245-271

  Eakin, Hallie ^a   Bohle, Hans Georg ^b   Izac, Anne Marie ^c   Reenberg, Anette ^d   Gregory, Peter ^e   Pereira, Laura ^f  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^c CGIAR   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^e SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84876026400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776615     Document Type: Chapter

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