Who adopts what kind of technologies? The case of Bt eggplant in India

AgBioForum

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 94-103

  Kolady, Deepthi Elizabeth ^a   Lesser, William ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Bivariate probit model; Bt eggplant; Eggplant shoot and fruit borer; GM crops; India; Technology adoption

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 33749342059     PISSN: 1522936X     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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