Alternative mechanisms for achieving food security in Oman

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mbaga, Msafiri Daudi ^a  

^a SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Food access; Food availability; Market mechanisms; Price shocks; Strategic grain reserve system

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005950259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-3     Document Type: Note

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