Agroecological aspects of evaluating agricultural R and D

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 13-41

  Wood, Stanley ^a   Pardey, Philip G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AGROECOLOGY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; METHODOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 0032077095     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0308-521X(97)00057-7     Document Type: Article

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