Technological and social dimensions of the Green Revolution: Connecting pasts and futures

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 109-116

  Basu, Pratyusha ^a   Scholten, Bruce A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84868251967     PISSN: 14735903     EISSN: 1747762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14735903.2012.674674     Document Type: Editorial

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