Feeding 9 billion by 2050 – Putting fish back on the menu

Food Security

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 261-274

  Béné, Christophe ^a,h   Barange, Manuel ^b   Subasinghe, Rohana ^c   Pinstrup Andersen, Per ^d   Merino, Gorka ^e   Hemre, Gro Ingunn ^f   Williams, Meryl ^g  

^a INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^d Cornell University Ithaca ^*  (United States)

^e MARINE RESEARCH DIVISION   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^g International Center for Tropical Agriculture ^*  (Australia)

^h INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Fish; Fisheries; Food security and nutrition; Micro nutrient deficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939988976     PISSN: 18764517     EISSN: 18764525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12571-015-0427-z     Document Type: Article

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