Food wedges: Framing the global food demand and supply challenge towards 2050

Global Food Security

Volumn 3, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 125-132

  Keating, Brian A ^a   Herrero, Mario ^a   Carberry, Peter S ^a   Gardner, John ^a   Cole, Martin B ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Food demand; Food wedges; Framework; Global food security; Pathways; Solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84919873906     PISSN: 22119124     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gfs.2014.08.004     Document Type: Review

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