"It just goes to kill Ticos": national market regulation and the political ecology of farmers' pesticide use in Costa Rica

This paper addresses pesticide residues on vegetables in developing countries through the specific case of Costa Rica.  Pesticide residues are often very high on vegetables in developing countries, generally considerably higher than in industrialized countries.  Using a political ecology approach, I...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ryan E. Galt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Arizona Libraries 2009-12-01
Series:Journal of Political Ecology
Online Access:https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21689