Oil prices, biofuels production and food security: past trends and future challenges

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 323-336

  To, Hang ^a   Grafton, R Quentin ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofuels production; Food security; Oil prices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939977240     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0438-9     Document Type: Article

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