Technology adoption and biological diversity in Andean potato agriculture

Journal of Development Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 365-387

  Brush, Stephen B ^a   Taylor, J Edward ^a   Bellon, Mauricio R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION; BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY; CROP GENETIC RESOURCES; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH YIELD VARIETY; HIGH-YIELDING VARIETY; POTATO PRODUCTION; SEED CONSERVATION; TECHNOLOGICAL ADOPTION;

PERU, ANDES;

EID: 0027089386     PISSN: 03043878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0304-3878(92)90044-A     Document Type: Article

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