India: Confronting the challenge – the potential of genetically modified crops for the poor

The Gene Revolution: GM Crops and Unequal Development

Volumn 9781849773034, Issue , 2012, Pages 156-174

  Ramaswami, Bharat ^a   Pray, Carl E ^b,c  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENETICALLY MODIFIED CROPS;

EID: 84925727284     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9781849773034     Document Type: Chapter

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