Issues in the political economy of agricultural biotechnology

Journal of Agrarian Change

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 342-366

  Wield, David ^a   Chataway, Joanna ^b,c   Bolo, Maurice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotechnology; Policy alternatives; Technology drivers

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD PRODUCTION; POLITICAL ECONOMY;

EID: 77954854344     PISSN: 14710358     EISSN: 14710366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-0366.2010.00274.x     Document Type: Article

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