Food for All International Organizations and the Transformation of Agriculture

This book is a historical review of international food and agriculture since the founding of the international organizations following the Second World War, including the World Bank and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Programme (WFP) and into the 197...

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Main Author: Lele, Uma (auth)
Other Authors: Agarwal, Manmohan (auth), Baldwin, Brian C. (auth), Goswami, Sambuddha (auth)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2021
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