On the balance between strategic-basic and applied agricultural research

Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 91-113

  Pannell, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

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EID: 0012242479     PISSN: 1364985X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8489.00070     Document Type: Article

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