The payoffs to transgenic field crops: An assessment of the evidence

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 43-50

  Marra, Michele C ^a   Pardey, Philip G ^b   Alston, Julian M ^c,d  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Giannini Found of Agric Economics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Economic benefits; Farm level impacts; Field crops; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041846834     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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