Public policies for improving food and nutrition security at different scales

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 393-403

  Qureshi, M Ejaz ^a   Dixon, John ^a   Wood, Mellissa ^a  

^a Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Demand; Food policy; Food security; Markets; Nutrition; Supply

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939936733     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0443-z     Document Type: Article

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