Do European union farmers reject genetically modified maize? Farmer preferences for genetically modified maize in Greece

AgBioForum

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 242-256

  Skevas, Theodoros ^a   Kikulwe, Enoch M ^b   Papadopoulou, Helen ^c   Skevas, Ioannis ^a   Wesseler, Justus ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Factor analysis; GM cultivation ban; GM maize; Greece; Perceptions

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84872520621     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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