Will agbiotech applications reach marginalized farmers? Evidence from developing countries

AgBioForum

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 23-30

  Spielman, David J ^a   Cohen, Joel I ^b   Zambrano, Patricia ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^b Science Technology and Education Associates   (United States)

^c INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural research and development; Biosafety regulation; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

EID: 33744916987     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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