Genetically modified crops: A US farmer's versus an EU citizen's point of view

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica - Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 53, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2003, Pages 60-67

  Madsen, Kathrine Hauge ^a   Lassen, Jesper ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Bioethics; Bt resistant crops; Focus group interviews; Genetic engineering; Herbicide resistant crops; Public concerns

Indexed keywords

INSECTA;

EID: 14644409156     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1659140310015120     Document Type: Conference Paper

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