Nanotechnologies, food, and agriculture: Next big thing or flash in the pan?

Agriculture and Human Values

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 215-218

  Busch, Lawrence ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Food; Nanotechnologies; Technical change

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

EID: 43349106665     PISSN: 0889048X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10460-008-9119-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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