Issues on adoption, import regulations, and policies for Biotech commodities in China with a focus on soybeans

AgBioForum

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 167-174

  Marchant, Mary A ^a   Fang, Cheng ^b,c,d   Song, Baohui ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b Food Agric Org of the U Nations   (United States)

^c University of Kentucky ^*

^d INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Agricultural policy; Biotechnology; China; Genetically modified; GM; Regulations; Soybeans; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 2642560392     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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