Agricultural biotechnology and poverty reduction in low-income countries

World Development

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1430-1445

  Graff, Gregory ^a   Roland Holst, David ^a   Zilberman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; biotechnology; globalization; innovation; poverty; technology transfer

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; DEVELOPING WORLD; GLOBALIZATION; INNOVATION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

EID: 33746591799     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2005.10.014     Document Type: Article

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