Technical efficiency and environmental impact of Bt cotton and non-Bt cotton in North India

AgBioForum

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-170

  Mal, Puran ^a   Manjunatha, A V ^a   Bauer, Siegfried ^a   Ahmed, Mirza Nomman ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; Environmental impact quotient; India; Stochastic frontier approach; Technical efficiency

Indexed keywords

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HELICOVERPA ZEA;

EID: 84861657364     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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