Impacts of bt maize on smallholder income in the Philippines

AgBioForum

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-162

  Yorobe, Jose M ^a   Smale, Melinda ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES LOS BAÑOS   (Philippines)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adoption; Bt maize; Household income; Impact; Net farm income; Off farm income; Philippines

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84865765940     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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