Bt cotton, damage control and optimal levels of pesticide use in Pakistan

Environment and Development Economics

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 704-723

  Kouser, Shahzad ^a   Qaim, Matin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 84887693485     PISSN: 1355770X     EISSN: 14694395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1355770X1300051X     Document Type: Review

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