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Food Self-Sufficiency - Opportunities and Challenges for the Current Food System

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  • Jean Pierre Enriquez

    (Masters Program in Sustainable Tropical Agriculture, Graduate Department, Zamorano University, Tegucigalpa)

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Food Self-Sufficiency (FSS) is defined as the ability of a household or region to maintain its own food requirements...

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  • Jean Pierre Enriquez, 2020. "Food Self-Sufficiency - Opportunities and Challenges for the Current Food System," Biomedical Journal of Scientific & Technical Research, Biomedical Research Network+, LLC, vol. 31(2), pages 23984-23989, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:abf:journl:v:31:y:2020:i:2:p:23984-23989
    DOI: 10.26717/BJSTR.2020.31.005061
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