Self-sufficiency in rice and food security: A South Asian perspective

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bishwajit, Ghose ^a   Sarker, Sajeeb ^c   Kpoghomou, Marce Amara ^a   Gao, Hui ^a   Jun, Liu ^b   Yin, Daogen ^a   Ghosh, Sharmistha ^d  

^a Tongji Medical College   (China)

^b GUANGZHOU FIRST PEOPLE'S HOSPITAL   (China)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF BANGLADESH   (Bangladesh)

^d HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Food security; Rice; Self sufficiency; South Asia

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005943801     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-10     Document Type: Review

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