Evaluating synergies and trade-offs among food security, development, and climate change

Climate Change Mitigation and Agriculture

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 39-49

  McCarthy, Nancy ^a   Lipper, Leslie ^b   Mann, Wendy ^b   Branca, Giacomo ^b   Capaldo, Jeronim ^c  

^a LEAD Analytics ^*  (United States)

^b Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)   (Italy)

^c UNITED NATIONS   (United States)

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EID: 84920412846     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203144510     Document Type: Chapter

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