Regulatory risk and farmers' caution with pesticides in Costa Rica

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 377-394

  Galt, Ryan E ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Agri food studies; Contract farming; Costa Rica; Export agriculture; Governance; Pesticide use; Political ecology; Regulatory risk

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; COMPLIANCE; CONTRACT FARMING; DEVELOPING WORLD; FARMERS KNOWLEDGE; PESTICIDE APPLICATION; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

CARTAGO; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

SECHIUM EDULE;

EID: 34547682085     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: 14755661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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