Adoption and Impact of Hybrid Wheat in India

World Development

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1422-1435

  Matuschke, Ira ^a   Mishra, Ritesh R ^b   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Maharashtra Hybrid Seed Company   (India)

Author keywords

adoption; Asia; hybrid seeds; impact; India; IPRs

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; CROP PRODUCTION; PRICE DYNAMICS; SEED; SMALLHOLDER; WHEAT; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547093845     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2007.04.005     Document Type: Article

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