Food system consequences of a fungal disease epidemic in a major crop

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1709, 2016, Pages

  Godfray, H Charles J ^a   Mason D’croz, Daniel ^b   Robinson, Sherman ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fungal pathogen; Partial equilibrium economic model; Prices; Rice; Trade

Indexed keywords

COST ANALYSIS; CROP YIELD; DISEASE SEVERITY; EPIDEMIC; FUNGAL DISEASE; GLOBAL TRADE; NUMERICAL MODEL; PATHOGEN; POLITICAL ECONOMY; RICE; TRADE FLOW;

SOUTHEAST ASIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

ASIA; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMIC MODEL; ECONOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; ORYZA; PLANT DISEASE;

ASIA; FOOD SUPPLY; MODELS, ECONOMIC; ORYZA; PLANT DISEASES;

EID: 84992458925     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2015.0467     Document Type: Article

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