Plant tissue culture industry and women's participation: 'Nimble fingers' or docile labor?

Gender, Technology and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-198

  Reddy, Chandri Raghava ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

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EID: 38749146302     PISSN: 09718524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/097185240701100203     Document Type: Article

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