The economic impacts of introducing Bt technology in smallholder cotton production systems of West Africa: A case study from Mali

AgBioForum

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 71-84

  Vitale, Jeffrey ^a   Boyer, Tracey ^a   Uaiene, Rafael ^b   Sanders, John H ^b  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; Bt maize; Economic impacts; Mali; Sector; Technology premium

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA; MALIA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 38549101204     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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