The private sector in agricultural research systems: will it fill the gap?

World Development

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1127-1148

  Pray, Carl E ^a   Umali Deininger, Dina ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; PRIVATE SECTOR ROLE; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH TRENDS;

EID: 0032101491     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(98)00040-0     Document Type: Article

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