Bananas, are they the quintessential health food? A global /local perspective

Human Organization

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 437-449

  Andreatta, Susan L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bananas; Pesticides; Political ecology; Transnational corporations St. Vincent

Indexed keywords

BANANA PRODUCTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; EUROPEAN UNION; NATURE-SOCIETY RELATIONS; POLITICAL ECOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE; TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATION;

WINDWARD ISLANDS, ST VINCENT;

EID: 0031401627     PISSN: 00187259     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.17730/humo.56.4.67827k23gx31wm2x     Document Type: Review

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