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Book Title: Biotechnology And Agricultural Development: Transgenic Cotto...
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Publication Name: Biotechnology and Agricultural Development : Transgenic Cotton, Rural Institutions and Resource-Poor Farmers
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 0.9 in
Subject: Public Policy / Agriculture & Food Policy (See Also Social Science / Agriculture & Food), Biotechnology, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, Developing & Emerging Countries, General, Industries / Agribusiness, Economics / General
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 21.7 Oz
Item Length: 9.3 in
Subject Area: Political Science, Technology & Engineering, Social Science, Science, Business & Economics
Author: Rob Tripp
Series: Routledge Explorations in Environmental Economics Ser.
Item Width: 6.4 in
Format: Hardcover
