Genetically modified rice, yields, and pesticides: Assessing farm-level productivity effects in China

Economic Development and Cultural Change

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 241-263

  Huang, Jikun ^a   Hu, Ruifa ^a   Rozelle, Scott ^b   Pray, Carl ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMMERCIALIZATION; CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; CROP PRODUCTION; FOOD PRODUCTION; PESTICIDE; RICE; TRANSGENIC PLANT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; INDONESIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HEXAPODA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 39649084927     PISSN: 00130079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/522898     Document Type: Conference Paper

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