Sidebar: Transgenic produce slow to enter evolving global marketplace

Cook, R

Sidebar: Transgenic produce slow to enter evolving global marketplace

Author

Roberta L. Cook

Author Affiliations

R.L. Cook is Extension Marketing Economist, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, UC Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 58(2):82-83. DOI:10.3733/ca.v058n02p82. April 2004.

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