The Role of Chemistry in Addressing Hunger and Food Security

The Chemical Element: Chemistry's Contribution to Our Global Future: First Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 71-97

  Fanzo, Jessica ^a   Remans, Roseline ^a   Sanchez, Pedro ^a  

^a The Earth Institute ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food availability; Food security; Green revolution; Hunger; Nutrition; Utilization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888657221     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527635641.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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