Assessing and attributing the benefits from varietal improvement research in Brazil

Research Report of the International Food Policy Research Institute

Volumn , Issue 136, 2004, Pages 1-90

  Pardey, Philip G ^a   Alston, Julian M ^b,c   Chan Kang, Connie ^d   Magalhães, Eduardo C ^d   Vosti, Stephen A ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROP PRODUCTION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 12144255413     PISSN: 08867372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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