The dynamics of the contemporary governance of the world’s food supply and the challenges of policy redirection

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 415-424

  Barling, David ^a   Duncan, Jessica ^b  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food policy; Food supply; Food sustainability; Governance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939987813     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0429-x     Document Type: Article

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