Chapter 53 Fertilizers and other farm chemicals

Handbook of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 2741-2777

  Heisey, Paul W ^a   Norton, George W ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

agricultural development; environmental policy; fertilizers; market liberalization; pesticides

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049128812     PISSN: 15740072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S1574-0072(06)03053-2     Document Type: Review

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