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The Making of Public Investments: Champions, Coordination, and Characteristics of Nutrition Interventions 公共投资:营养干预的倡导者、协调和特点

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-11-20 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2740661

Tewodaj Mogues, Lucy Billings

引用次数: 13

Climate Shocks Cash Crops and Resilience: Evidence from Colonial Tropical Africa 气候冲击经济作物和恢复力:来自热带非洲殖民地的证据

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-10-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2679299

Kostadis J. Papaioannou, Michiel deHaas

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引用次数: 5

Deploying Disclosure Laws to Eliminate Forced Labour: Supply Chain Transparency Efforts of Brazil and the United States of America 运用披露法消除强迫劳动:巴西和美利坚合众国的供应链透明度努力

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-09-29 DOI: 10.14197/ATR.20121553

Ashley Feasley

引用次数: 11

Financial Literacy and Food Security in Extremely Vulnerable Households 极端弱势家庭的金融知识和粮食安全

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-09-04 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2655051

Daniel L. Millimet, Ian K. McDonough, T. Fomby

引用次数: 15

Indonesian Sugar Production and Recommendations for Industry Recovery 印尼食糖生产及产业复苏建议

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-06-18 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2620353

Dyana Sari, M. Wegener

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引用次数: 6

Trade, Capital Accumulation, and the Environment 贸易、资本积累与环境

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-06-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2630208

Gang Li

引用次数: 1

Making Right to Food -- A Reality in India 实现食物权——印度的现实

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-05-05 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2713726

Jayashree P. Khandare

引用次数: 0

Separated at Birth? Addressing the Twin Global Crises of Biodiversity and Climate Change 出生就分开了?应对生物多样性和气候变化的双重全球危机

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2015-04-12 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2593498

D. Farber

引用次数: 0

The Sustainable Development of the National Agro-Industrial Complex as the Basis for Ensuring Food Security 国家农工综合体可持续发展是保障粮食安全的基础

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2014-12-28 DOI: 10.13005/bbra/1500

V. Balabanov, A. Balabanova, M. Dudin

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引用次数: 0

The Decreasing Profitability of the Israeli Food Industry 以色列食品工业盈利能力的下降

Food Politics & Sociology eJournal Pub Date : 2014-12-18 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2539987

Tsvi N. Reiss

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