The economic costs of conserving genetic resources at the CGIAR centres

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-297

  Koo, B ^a   Pardey, P G ^b   Wright, B D ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

CGIAR; Conservation cost; Ex situ conservation; Genebank management; Trust fund

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; CONSERVATION GENETICS; GENETIC RESOURCE;

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EID: 0345598867     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-5150(03)00056-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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