Modern Varieties, Productivity, and Sustainability: Recent Experience and Emerging Challenges

World Development

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 697-718

  Byerlee, Derek ^a,b  

^a WORLD BANK   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL MAIZE AND WHEAT IMPROVEMENT CENTER CIMMYT   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CEREAL PRODUCTION; HIGH YIELDING VARIETY; SUSTAINABILITY;

EID: 0029959660     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0305-750X(95)00162-6     Document Type: Article

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