Policy strategies for a sustainable food system: Options for protecting the climate

The Meat Crisis: Developing more Sustainable Production and Consumption

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 237-253

  Wirsenius, Stefan ^a   Hedenus, Fredrik ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 84925710921     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849776561     Document Type: Chapter

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