Pesticides in export and domestic agriculture: Reconsidering market orientation and pesticide use in Costa Rica

Geoforum

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1378-1392

  Galt, Ryan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural intensification; Costa Rica; Globalization; National market vegetable production; Nontraditional agricultural exports; Pesticide intensity; Political ecology

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL INTENSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EXPORT; GLOBALIZATION; PESTICIDE; POLITICAL ECONOMY; VEGETABLE;

CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA;

DAUCUS CAROTA; SECHIUM EDULE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 42649136209     PISSN: 00167185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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