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Food Focus

Food Price Volatility and Vulnerability in the Global South: considering the global economic context

Jennifer Clapp Faculty of Environmental Studies, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, CanadaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 1183-1196 | Published online: 23 Jul 2009

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