An economic and environmental assessment of herbicide-resistant and insect/pest-resistant crops

Cost-benefit Analysis: With Reference to Environment and Ecology

Volumn , Issue , 2020, Pages 241-252

  Pimentel, David ^a   Ali, Madinah S ^a  

^a Program on Infrastructure Policy   (United States)

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EID: 85104166664     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203761793-14     Document Type: Chapter

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