Importance of biotechnology in global food security

Food Security and Environmental Quality in the Developing World

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 107-128

  Jauhar, Prem P ^a   Khush, Gurdev S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

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