Estimating the adoption of Bt eggplant in India: Who Benefits from public-private partnership?

Food Policy

Volumn 32, Issue 5-6, 2007, Pages 523-543

  Krishna, Vijesh V ^a   Qaim, Matin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Biotechnology; Bt eggplant; India; Public private partnership; Willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CONTINGENT VALUATION; CULTIVATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; VEGETABLE; WILLINGNESS TO PAY;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA;

HEXAPODA; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 34547599049     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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