GM crops: The global economic and environmental impact - The first nine years 1996-2004

AgBioForum

Volumn 8, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 187-196

  Brookes, Graham ^a   Barfoot, Peter ^a  

^a PG Economics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cost; Environmental impact quotient; GM crops; Income; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844516335     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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