Economic impacts of policies affecting crop biotechnology and trade

New Biotechnology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 558-564

  Anderson, Kym ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROP BIOTECHNOLOGY; ECONOMIC EFFECT; ECONOMIC IMPACTS; ECONOMIC WELFARE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEEDSTUFFS; FOOD SECURITY; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; GLOBAL ECONOMIES; GM CROPS; MARKET ACCESS; MULTI-PRODUCTS; REGULATORY SYSTEMS; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TRANSGENIC CROPS;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; FOOD SUPPLY; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CROPS;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; CONSUMER; CROP PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EUROPEAN UNION; GENETICALLY MODIFIED FOOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RICE; TRANSGENIC CROP; WELFARE; WHEAT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ASIA; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PUBLIC POLICY;

EID: 78649513904     PISSN: 18716784     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nbt.2010.05.012     Document Type: Review

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