Are less-favored environments over-invested? The case of rice research in India

Food Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 606-623

  Pandey, Sushil ^a   Pal, Suresh ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Priority setting; Research resource allocation; Rice research; Unfavorable environments

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEM; RESEARCH; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RICE;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 34547578309     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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