Do we produce enough fruits and vegetables to meet global health need?

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Siegel, Karen R ^a,b   Ali, Mohammed K ^b   Srinivasiah, Adithi ^a   Nugent, Rachel A ^c   Narayan, K M Venkat ^a,b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; HUMAN NEEDS; INCOME; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; POPULATION SIZE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; HUMAN; SOCIOECONOMICS;

FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84905472535     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0104059     Document Type: Article

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