Food Security and Adaptation to Climate Change: What Do We Know?

Advances in Global Change Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2010, Pages 133-153

  Burke, Marshall ^a   Lobell, David ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate Change; Climate Variability; Food Security; Plan Adaptation; Poor Household

Indexed keywords

EID: 85014667187     PISSN: 15740919     EISSN: 22151621     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-2953-9_8     Document Type: Chapter

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