Household, community, and policy determinants of food insecurity in rural Malawi

Development Southern Africa

Volumn 30, Issue 4-5, 2013, Pages 451-467

  Fisher, Monica ^a   Lewin, Paul A ^b  

^a International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT)   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; agriculture; food security; Malawi; public policy

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; AGRICULTURAL PRICE; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

MALAWI;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84885373027     PISSN: 0376835X     EISSN: 14703637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2013.830966     Document Type: Article

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