The impact of Bt cotton and the potential impact of biotechnology on other crops in China and India

Frontiers of Economics and Globalization

Volumn 10, Issue , 2011, Pages 83-114

  Pray, Carl E ^a   Nagarajan, Latha ^a   Huang, Jikun ^b   Hu, Ruifa ^b   Ramaswami, Bharat ^c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHIC SCIENCES AND NATURAL RESOURCES RESEARCH   (China)

^c INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Agricultural biotechnology; Bt cotton; China; GMOs; India

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896538918     PISSN: 15748715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1108/S1574-8715(2011)0000010009     Document Type: Article

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