Catalan agriculture and genetically modified organisms (GMOs) - An application of DPSIR model

Ecological Economics

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-62

  Binimelis, Rosa ^a   Monterroso, Iliana ^b   Rodríguez Labajos, Beatriz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b FLACSO ^*  (Guatemala)

Author keywords

Catalonia; DPSIR; Genetic "contamination"; GMO coexistence; Maize; Stakeholders' analysis

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK; COMMERCIALIZATION; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MODERNIZATION; NUMERICAL MODEL; VALUATION;

CATALONIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 70349448299     PISSN: 09218009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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