The Potential Market for GM Rice with Health Benefits in a Chinese High-Risk Region

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 231-243

  De Steur, Hans ^a   Liqun, Ge ^b   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^a   Lambert, Willy ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b LIAONING ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

China; ex ante market segmentation; folate biofortification; genetically modified rice; micronutrient health intervention

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925246402     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454446.2013.855993     Document Type: Article

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