GM plants, farmers and the public - A harmonious relation?

Sociologia Ruralis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 258-272

  Lassen, Jesper ^a   Sandøe, Peter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; PERCEPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 67649132941     PISSN: 00380199     EISSN: 14679523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9523.2009.00490.x     Document Type: Article

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