Fifteen Years of Bt Cotton in China: The Economic Impact and its Dynamics

World Development

Volumn 70, Issue , 2015, Pages 177-185

  Qiao, Fangbin ^a  

^a CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Bt cotton; China; Economic benefit; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

COMMERCIALIZATION; COTTON; ECONOMIC IMPACT; PEST RESISTANCE; SUSTAINABILITY;

CHINA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84923316549     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: 18735991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.01.011     Document Type: Article

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