Potential impacts of Bt eggplant on economic surplus and farmers' health in India

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 167-180

  Krishna, Vijesh V ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biotechnology; Bt eggplant; Economic surplus; Health costs; Pesticides; Public private partnership

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP YIELD; ECONOMETRICS; FIELD METHOD; HEALTH IMPACT; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP; TRANSGENIC PLANT; VEGETABLE;

SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 41749107950     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00290.x     Document Type: Article

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