Technological opportunity, regulatory uncertainty, and Bt cotton in Pakistan

AgBioForum

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 98-112

  Spielman, David J ^a   Nazli, Hina ^b   Ma, Xingliang ^c   Zambrano, Patricia ^a   Zaidi, Fatima ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b IFPRI   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biosafety; Bt cotton; Intellectual property rights; Pakistan; Seed systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946747741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1522936X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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