Out of AGRA: The green revolution returns to Africa

Development

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-471

  Holt Giménez, Eric ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT; FOOD PRODUCTION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GREEN REVOLUTION;

AFRICA;

EID: 58449119388     PISSN: 10116370     EISSN: 14617072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/dev.2008.49     Document Type: Article

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