Does farm worker health vary between localised and globalised food supply systems?

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1004-1014

  Cross, Paul ^a   Edwards, Rhiannon T ^a   Opondo, Maggie ^b   Nyeko, Philip ^c   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Ethics; Farm worker; Health; Horticulture; Local food; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SUPPLY; PHILOSOPHICAL ASPECTS; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOPHYSICAL INDICATORS; ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS; ETHICS; FARM WORKERS; HORTICULTURE; LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS; LOCAL FOODS; SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL;

HEALTH;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ETHICS; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH STATUS; HORTICULTURE; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; SUSTAINABILITY;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HEALTH STATUS; HORTICULTURE; INCOME; KENYA; MARKET; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; UGANDA; UNITED KINGDOM; VEGETABLE;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EURASIA; EUROPE; KENYA; NORTH AMERICA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; UGANDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68149183774     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.04.009     Document Type: Article

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