The past and future of food stocks

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Laio, Francesco ^a   Ridolfi, Luca ^a   D'Odorico, Paolo ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

food crises; food security; grain stock dynamics; stochastic modeling

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HIGH PROBABILITY; NATURAL VARIABILITY; REGIONAL DIFFERENCES; STOCHASTIC REPRESENTATIONS; STOCK DYNAMICS; WESTERN EUROPE;

PROBABILITY;

EID: 84961877357     PISSN: 17489318     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/11/3/035010     Document Type: Article

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