Current and potential farm-level impacts of genetically modified crops in developing countries

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 55-82

  Raney, Terri ^a   Matuschke, Ira ^a  

^a FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Farm level impacts of genetically modified crops; Global overview; Research pipeline

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893400506     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-8715(2011)0000010008     Document Type: Article

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