A GM subsistence crop in Africa: The case of Bt white maize in South Africa

International Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 84-94

  Gouse, Marnus ^a   Pray, Carl E ^a,b   Kirsten, Johann ^a,c   Schimmelpfennig, David ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b Rutgers University   (United States)

^c State Univ of New Jersey ^*  (South Africa)

^d USA Dept Agric's Econ Res Serv   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bt; Maize; Republic of South Africa; Subsistence crops

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FARMS; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD PRODUCTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; PESTICIDES;

COMMERCIAL FARMERS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED (GM) CROPS; WHITE MAIZE;

CROPS;

PESTICIDE;

GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MAIZE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; FOOD BIOTECHNOLOGY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROP; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; INCOME; MAIZE; PLANT YIELD; POLICY; REVIEW; SOUTH AFRICA; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

AGRICULTURE; BIOCIDES; CORN; FARM CROPS; FOOD; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WORLD;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 17244369462     PISSN: 09636048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBT.2005.006447     Document Type: Review

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