Seeds of change: Intellectual property rights, genetically modified soybeans and seed saving in the United States

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 122-138

  Mascarenhas, Michael ^a   Busch, Lawrence ^b  

^a KWANTLEN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FARM; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; LEGISLATION; SEED; SOYBEAN;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 33745038231     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2006.00406.x     Document Type: Article

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