World Food System Disruptions in the Early 2000s: Causes, Impacts, and Cures

World Food Policy

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 34-55

  von Braun, Joachim ^a   Algieri, Bernardina ^b   Kalkuhl, Matthias ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

food security; governance; price crises; price volatility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84957364849     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23728639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18278/wfp.1.1.3     Document Type: Article

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