Genetically Modified Crops and Food Security

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Qaim, Matin ^a   Kouser, Shahzad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SECURITY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; INDIA; NUTRIENT CONTENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TRANSGENIC PLANT; ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CATERING SERVICE; CROP; GENETICS; GOSSYPIUM; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MIDDLE AGED;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; HEXAPODA;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DATA COLLECTION; ENERGY INTAKE; FOOD SUPPLY; GOSSYPIUM; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PLANTS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED;

EID: 84878748481     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0064879     Document Type: Article

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