"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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Arizona Libraries
2009-12-01
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Series: | Journal of Political Ecology |
Online Access: | https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/article/view/21689 |