Farmers, Gene Banks and Crop Breeding:
Subtitle: Economic Analyses of Diversity in Wheat, Maize, and Rice (Natural Resource Management and Policy)
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: November 30, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9780792383680
Subjects: Agriculture & Farming; Agriculture & related industries; Economics; Science/Mathematics; Environmental Engineering & Technology; Technology; Technology & Industrial Arts; Wheat; Agriculture - Agronomy; Business & Economics / Economics / General; Economic aspects; Corn; Germplasm resources; Rice
First sentence: There is no novelty in the idea that biological diversity among plant and animal species and genetic diversity among subspecies are essential to scientific advance and the future of human society.