Gm maize as subsistence crop: The South African smallholder experience

AgBioForum

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 163-174

  Gouse, Marnus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Bt; Genetically modified; Gm; Herbicide tolerant; Ht; Insect resistant; Maize; Small scale; Smallholder; South africa; Subsistence

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865724732     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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