From Circle of Poison to Circle of Virtue: Pesticides, Export Standards and Kenya’s Green Bean Farmers. Okello, J. J. & Swinton, S. M. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 61(2):209–224, 2010. _eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2009.00211.x![From Circle of Poison to Circle of Virtue: Pesticides, Export Standards and Kenya’s Green Bean Farmers [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex In response to growing consumer concerns, developed-country governments have reduced permissible pesticide residue levels in food. Many food retailers have developed even more stringent private food safety protocols relating to pesticide use, storage and disposal and passed them on to their suppliers. Exporters in developing countries enforce these developed-country pesticide standards (DC-PS) by subjecting farmers to close monitoring. This study explores the effects of enforcing compliance with DC-PS on smallholder farmers’ pesticide-related health costs. Results suggest that enforcing DC-PS encourages farmers to use protection that lowers pesticide-induced morbidity, hence reducing farmers’ health costs from pesticide exposure. The study concludes that there are health benefits to family farmers from complying with DC-PS beyond the acknowledged income generation from selling fresh produce in premium export markets.
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volume = {61},
copyright = {© 2009 The Authors. Journal compilation © 2009 The Agricultural Economics Society},
issn = {1477-9552},
shorttitle = {From {Circle} of {Poison} to {Circle} of {Virtue}},
url = {https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2009.00211.x},
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abstract = {In response to growing consumer concerns, developed-country governments have reduced permissible pesticide residue levels in food. Many food retailers have developed even more stringent private food safety protocols relating to pesticide use, storage and disposal and passed them on to their suppliers. Exporters in developing countries enforce these developed-country pesticide standards (DC-PS) by subjecting farmers to close monitoring. This study explores the effects of enforcing compliance with DC-PS on smallholder farmers’ pesticide-related health costs. Results suggest that enforcing DC-PS encourages farmers to use protection that lowers pesticide-induced morbidity, hence reducing farmers’ health costs from pesticide exposure. The study concludes that there are health benefits to family farmers from complying with DC-PS beyond the acknowledged income generation from selling fresh produce in premium export markets.},
language = {en},
number = {2},
urldate = {2020-11-30},
journal = {Journal of Agricultural Economics},
author = {Okello, Julius J. and Swinton, Scott M.},
year = {2010},
note = {\_eprint: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1477-9552.2009.00211.x},
keywords = {Agricultural development, Averting expenditure, Farmers, Food safety, I12, LMICs, Pesticide residues, Q12, Q56, developing country farmers, food safety standards, health costs, mitigating expenditure, pesticide exposure},
pages = {209--224},
}
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