Biodiversity and modern crop varieties: Sharpening the debate

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 48-63

  Tripp, Robert ^a  

^a OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0003030164     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01530523     Document Type: Article

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