Genetically Modified Crop Production: Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics, and Costs and Benefits of Coexistence
- ISBN-10
- 3728134945
- ISBN-13
- 9783728134943
- Category
- Crops
- Pages
- 60
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2012
- Publisher
- vdf Hochschulverlag AG
- Authors
- Joachim Scholderer, Wim Verbeke
Description
factors such as farm and field size, the proportion of GM and non-GM crops of the same species and the methods of post market handling of the crops (e.g. commercialization through cooperatives or merchants).
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