The impact of Bt Cotton on poor households in rural India

Journal of Development Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 295-311

  Subramanian, Arjunan ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; DEVELOPING WORLD; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; MICROECONOMICS; MODELING; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMY;

INDIA;

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 72149111649     PISSN: 00220388     EISSN: 17439140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00220380903002954     Document Type: Article

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