Rice policies in India in the context of the global rice price spike

The Rice Crisis: Markets, Policies and Food Security

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 273-295

  Gulati, Ashok ^a   Dutta, Monica ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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