Social Impacts of GM Crops in Agriculture: A Systematic Literature Review
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1 Department of Urban and Rural Development, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7012, SE-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden 2 Department of Environmental Strategies Research, KTH–Royal Institute of Technology, Drottning Kristinas vag 30 III, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; E-Mail: [email protected] 3 Department of Animal Breeding and Genetics, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, P.O. Box 7023, SE-75007 Uppsala, Sweden; E-Mail: [email protected] 4 KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Division of Philosophy, Brinellvagen 32, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden; E-Mail: [email protected]
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