Contesting biotechnology: Cross-continental concerns about genetically modified crops

Cross-Continental Agro-Food Chains

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 66-77

  Massieu, Yolanda ^a   Chauvet, Michelle ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA METROPOLITANA AZCAPOTZALCO   (Mexico)

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EID: 84906406936     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203448175     Document Type: Chapter

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