Cameroon: Perspectives on food security and the emerging power footprint

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1868-1895

  Sneyd, Adam ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

Author keywords

Emerging powers; Food security; Footprint; Perspectives

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT; FOOD POLICY; FOOD SECURITY; SUSTAINABILITY;

CAMEROON;

EID: 84899145177     PISSN: 20711050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6041868     Document Type: Article

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