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The author draws on ten years of field research to tell the stories of international development strategies, pesticide problems, and agrarian change in Latin America.

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This book will interest those wishing a balanced insight into the ecological and economic problems associated with fostering sustainable development in Third World countries. * Choice *

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • 1. Development’s Unkept Promise
  • 2. Pesticides and the Central American Cotton Boom
  • 3. Cotton and the Pesticide Crisis
  • 4. Addressing the Crisis through Nontraditional Agriculture
  • 5. Pesticides and Social Inequity in Nontraditional Agriculture
  • 6. The Search for Solutions: Integrated Pest Management
  • 7. The Search for Solutions: The Safe-Use Paradigm
  • 8. Pesticides, Development, and Crisis: Toward a Resolution
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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      Publisher: University of Texas Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/02/1995
      ISBN13: 9780292751699, 978-0292751699
      ISBN10: 0292751699

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The author draws on ten years of field research to tell the stories of international development strategies, pesticide problems, and agrarian change in Latin America.

      Trade Review
      This book will interest those wishing a balanced insight into the ecological and economic problems associated with fostering sustainable development in Third World countries. * Choice *

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • 1. Development’s Unkept Promise
      • 2. Pesticides and the Central American Cotton Boom
      • 3. Cotton and the Pesticide Crisis
      • 4. Addressing the Crisis through Nontraditional Agriculture
      • 5. Pesticides and Social Inequity in Nontraditional Agriculture
      • 6. The Search for Solutions: Integrated Pest Management
      • 7. The Search for Solutions: The Safe-Use Paradigm
      • 8. Pesticides, Development, and Crisis: Toward a Resolution
      • Notes
      • Bibliography
      • Index

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