What economic theory tells us about the impacts of reducing food losses and/or waste: Implications for research, policy and practice

Agriculture and Food Security

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rutten, Martine M ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Agriculture and food systems; Economic theory; Food losses; Food security; Food waste; Impacts

Indexed keywords

EID: 85005983402     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20487010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2048-7010-2-13     Document Type: Article

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