Whom to join? The small country dilemma in adopting GM crops in a fragmented trade environment

Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 291-310

  Tothova, Monika ^a   Oehmke, James F ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Developing countries; Genetically modified organisms; Standards; Trade agreements

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; STANDARD (REFERENCE);

EID: 25144451459     PISSN: 00498599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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