Agricultural research and urban poverty: The case of China China

World Development

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 733-741

  Fan, Shenggen ^a,b   Fang, Cheng ^c   Zhang, Xiaobo ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLANT PROTECTION   (China)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; China; Developing countries; Poverty; Urban

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; FOOD PRODUCTION; POVERTY DETERMINANT; PRICE DYNAMICS; URBAN ECONOMY;

CHINA;

EID: 0037378723     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-750X(03)00008-1     Document Type: Article

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