Production risk, pesticide use and GM crop technology in South Africa

Applied Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 2489-2500

  Shankar, Bhavani ^a   Bennett, Richard ^a   Morse, Stephen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; ESTIMATION METHOD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PESTICIDE; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 54049115100     PISSN: 00036846     EISSN: 14664283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00036840600970161     Document Type: Article

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