Biotech on the farm: Mississippi agriculture in an age of proprietary biotechnologies

Anthropologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 291-304

  Pechlaner, Gabriela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FRASER VALLEY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Biotechnology; Patents; Political economy; Proprietary

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650578764     PISSN: 00035459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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