Research Catalog

Title

Bittersweet harvests for global supermarkets : challenges in Latin America's agricultural export boom / Lori Ann Thrupp, with Gilles Bergeron and William F. Waters.

Author

Thrupp, Lori Ann.

Publication

Washington, D.C., U.S.A. : World Resources Institute, 1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bergeron, Gilles.
• Waters, William F.

Description

xii, 202 pages : illustrations, map; 23 cm

Alternative Title

Bitter sweet harvests for global supermarkets

Subject

• Lateinamerika
• Produce trade > Latin America
• Floriculture > Latin America
• Exports > Latin America
• Agriculture and state > Latin America
• Sustainable agriculture > Latin America
• Agriculture > Economic aspects > Latin America
• Agriculture and state
• Agriculture > Economic aspects
• Exports
• Floriculture
• Produce trade
• Sustainable agriculture
• Agrarexport
• Agrarpolitik
• Agrarhandel
• Biologische Landwirtschaft
• Trade, Agricultural > Latin America
• Agricultural policy > Latin America
• Community production > Latin America
• Latin America

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-202).

Contents

I. The political-economic context of agricultural development. -- II. The rise of new agroexport strategies: policies, markets, and institutional conditions. A. The remarkable boom of non-traditional agricultural products. B. International economic policies and development agencies. C. International market conditions and trade policies influencing NTAEs. D. National policy changes influencing NTAE growth. E. Environmental and socioeconomic policy. -- III. A profile of current agroexport systems. A. General characteristics of NTAE production and marketing. B. Importing requirements and the demand-driven character of NTAEs. C. Product types and production areas and scale. D. Complex food commodity systems. E. Use of resources and pesticides in NTAEs. -- IV. Impacts of NTAE growth: promises and problems. A. Economic effects. B. Socioeconomic issues: distributional impacts and nutrition questions. C. Employment impacts of non-traditional agroexports. D. Dimensions of diversification and diversity. E. Impacts of pesticide use. F. Other environmental impacts: changes in land use. G. Additional socioeconomic challenges. -- V. Avoiding adverse effects and increasing benefits of NTAEs. A. Financial sustainability. B. Addressing pesticide impacts -- IPM and pesticide regulations. C. Organic production: promising green markets. D. Initiatives to address social impacts: organization and grassroots movements. E. Challenges and grassroots reactions. -- VI. Discussion and implications. A. Persisting dilemmas. B. Developing a framework for change. C. Strategic principles and actions for sustainable agricultural development.

ISBN

• 1569730296
• 9781569730294

LCCN

95014320

OCLC

• ocm32310816
• 32310816
• SCSB-14263548

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library