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GM Crops & Food
Biotechnology in Agriculture and the Food Chain
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Research Paper

Global income and production impacts of using GM crop technology 1996–2013

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Pages 13-46 | Received 09 Jan 2015, Accepted 19 Feb 2015, Published online: 18 May 2015

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