Benefits from Bt cotton use by smallholder farmers in South Africa

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-5

  Ismael, Yousouf ^a   Bennett, Richard ^a,b   Morse, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b Agricultural Economics

Author keywords

Bt cotton; Economic benefits; Gross margin; Republic of South Africa

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 0242568113     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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