Approval of GM crops: Socio-economic considerations in developing countries

Economic and Political Weekly

Volumn 47, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 53-61

  Chaturvedi, Sachin ^a   Srinivas, Krishna Ravi ^a   Joseph, Reji K ^a   Singh, Pallavi ^a  

^a Research and Information System for Developing Countries   (India)

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EID: 84863324953     PISSN: 00129976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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