The role of international trade in managing food security risks from climate change

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 275-290

  Baldos, Uris Lantz C ^a   Hertel, Thomas W ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate change adaptation; Climate change impacts; Food security; International trade; Price volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939962151     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0435-z     Document Type: Article

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