Factors affecting the adoption of genetically modified animals in the food and pharmaceutical chains

Bio-based and Applied Economics

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 313-329

  Mora, Cristina ^a   Menozzi, Davide ^a   Kleter, Gijs ^b   Aramyan, Lusine H ^b   Valeeva, Natasha I ^b   Zimmermann, Karin L ^b   Reddy, Giddalury Pakki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c Agri Biotech Foundation   (India)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Genetically modified (GM) animals; Life sciences; Socio economics; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894886278     PISSN: 22806180     EISSN: 22806172     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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