Bio-cooperation and the benefits of crop genetic resources: the case of Mexican maize

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 755-766

  Brush, Stephen B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTING; GENETIC RESOURCES; HUMAN CAPITAL; MAIZE PRODUCTION; SEED PRODUCTION;

MEXICO;

EID: 0032077781     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00017-5     Document Type: Article

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