Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding - Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice - Hardback - 1998

Responds to concerns about the loss of valuable genetic resources and crop vulnerability arising from widespread cultivation of genetically uniform varieties. This book assembles a series of applied studies focusing on the fundamental economic issues related to genetic diversity in crop species, with reference to developing countries.
Year of publication: 1998
Pagination: 287 pages, biography
Format: Hardback
Serie: Natural Resource Management and Policy
Editor: Melinda Smale