Genetic modification technology and producer returns: The impacts of productivity, preferences, and technology uptake

Review of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 692-710

  Kaye Blake, William H ^a   Saunders, Caroline M ^a   Cagatay, Selim ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 57549103700     PISSN: 10587195     EISSN: 14679353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9353.2008.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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