Global impact of biotech crops: Socio-economic and environmental effects in the first ten years of commercial use

AgBioForum

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 139-151

  Brookes, Graham ^a   Barfoot, Peter ^a  

^a PG Economics Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carbon sequestration; Cost; Environmental impact quotient; GM crops; Income; Yield

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846421961     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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