The socioeconomics of genetically modified biofortified crops: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1390, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 14-33

  De Steur, Hans ^a   Wesana, Joshua ^a,b   Blancquaert, Dieter ^a   Van Der Straeten, Dominique ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MOUNTAINS OF THE MOON UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

cost effectiveness; folate biofortified rice; genetic modification; golden rice; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ALLYL ISOTHIOCYANATE; FOLIC ACID; RETINOL; TRACE ELEMENT;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOFORTIFICATION; BROCCOLI; CASSAVA; CONSUMER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FOLIC ACID DEFICIENCY; HUMAN; HUNGER; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; POTATO; RICE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TOMATO; TRANSGENIC CROP; ASIA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEFICIENCY; ECONOMICS; FORTIFIED FOOD; GENETICS; MANIHOT; ORYZA;

ASIA; BIOFORTIFICATION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MANIHOT; MICRONUTRIENTS; ORYZA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84991054867     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nyas.13199     Document Type: Article

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