Revisiting the impact of Bt corn adoption by U.S. farmers

Agricultural and Resource Economics Review

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 377-390

  Fernandez Cornejo, Jorge ^a   Wechsler, Seth ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Bt corn; Genetically engineered corn; Insect resistance; Insecticide use; Technology adoption; Yields

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874614122     PISSN: 10682805     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1068280500001337     Document Type: Article

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