Measuring household food security in subsistence paddy farming sector in Sri Lanka: development of household food insecurity index (HFSI)
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عنوان ژورنال: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0029-6651,1475-2719
DOI: 10.1017/s0029665111002588