Agricultural research, poverty alleviation, and key trends in Asia’s rice economy

Charting New Pathways to C4 Rice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 37-54

  Dawe, D ^a  

^a Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Agricultural research; Poverty alleviation; Rice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84967566339     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1142/9789812709523_0003     Document Type: Chapter

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