Agrochemicals usage and protective clothing among small farmers in Grenada and Jamaica

Caribbean Geography

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 15-30

  Semple, Hugh ^a   Johnson, Karyll F ^b   Arjoonsingh, Camilla ^c  

^a EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b USAID ^*  (Jamaica)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

Grenada; Jamaica; Pest management; Small farming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864842757     PISSN: 02529939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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