The genetic and economic impact of the CIMMYT wheat breeding program on local producers in the Yaqui Valley, Sonora Mexico

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 453-462

  Nalley, Lawton L ^a   Barkley, Andrew P ^b   Featherstone, Allen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CIMMYT; Economic impact of technological change; Public wheat breeding

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; CULTIVAR; ECONOMIC IMPACT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SONORA; YAQUI VALLEY;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77955627314     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2010.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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