Rethinking agricultural trade relationships in an era of globalization

BioScience

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 275-289

  MacDonald, Graham K ^a   Brauman, Kate A ^a   Sun, Shipeng ^a,b   Carlson, Kimberly M ^a   Cassidy, Emily S ^a,c   Gerber, James S ^a   West, Paul C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT SPRINGFIELD   (United States)

^c Suite 100   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food security; Globalization; Trade; Virtual water

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; GLYCINE MAX; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84935455767     PISSN: 00063568     EISSN: 15253244     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biu225     Document Type: Review

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