Food Systems in an Unequal World : Pesticides, Vegetables, and Agrarian Capitalism in Costa Rica

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"Food Systems in an Unequal World examines regulatory risk and how it translates to and impacts farmers in Costa Rica. Ryan E. Galt shows how the food produced for domestic markets lacks regulation similar to that of export markets, creating a dangerous double standard of pesticide use"--

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Galt, Ryan E., 1977- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tucson : University of Arizona Press, [2014]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Pesticides > Health aspects.
Pesticides > Government policy.
Farmers > Social conditions.
Farmers > Health and hygiene.
Agriculture > Economic aspects.
Agricultural laborers > Health and hygiene.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > General.
Pesticides > Politique gouvernementale > Costa Rica.
Agriculteurs > Sante et hygiene > Costa Rica.
Agriculture > Aspect economique > Costa Rica.
Pesticides > Health aspects > Costa Rica.
Pesticides > Government policy > Costa Rica.
Farmers > Health and hygiene > Costa Rica.
Farmers > Costa Rica > Social conditions.
Agricultural laborers > Health and hygiene > Costa Rica.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > Costa Rica.
Costa Rica.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Pesticide problems, pesticide paradoxes
  • Farm households, environmental geography, and agrarian capitalism
  • Socioeconomic differentiation and geographies of nature
  • An environmental history of agricultural industrialization
  • Policing pesticides
  • Regulatory risk and the temptations of methamidophos
  • It just goes to kill Ticos?

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