Anatomy of a crisis: the causes and consequences of surging food prices
โ Scribed by Derek Headey; Shenggen Fan
- Book ID
- 109300282
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 313 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0169-5150
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