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Kroma, Margaret M.; Flora, Cornelia Butler

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“…Beyond their physical presence, pesticides are cultural symbols [44], residing within an elaborate web of meanings that interlace environmental with political, productive, and corporeal knowledge. Within this intricate network, pesticides possess the transformative capacity to affect these individual components, raising expectations and apprehensions alike.…”

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Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

Fusar Poli,

Fontefrancesco

2024

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The article provides a narrative review of the social and cultural interpretation of pesticides in contemporary society. In so doing, it highlights the main fields of exploration investigated by social scientists concerning the perception and role played by these products among farmers and consumers. Following the WHO definition, pesticides are chemical compounds used to kill pests, including insects, rodents, fungi, and unwanted plants. They are contemporary cultural artefacts that social sciences explore in synergy with other disciplines to highlight their socio-cultural connections at both local and global levels. Specifically, the use of these products is connected with power relations, which are embedded in and reflect imbalances and inequalities in access to rights and resources, as well as specific articulation of the perception of risk arising from environmental contamination in terms of individual and collective psychophysical health. Furthermore, pesticides fit into various environmental conceptions and multiple local knowledge systems, representing the intersection of different cultural heritages, worldviews, and rationales that make the tradition–modernity dichotomy complex and dynamic. In this respect, therefore, pesticides can be understood not just as mere tools for agricultural practice but as vital windows through which to investigate multiple layers of meaning to support transitions towards sustainable pest management systems, both environmentally and socio-culturally.

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Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

Fusar Poli,

Fontefrancesco

2024

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“…The current legislation includes a requirement for member states to monitor actual usage, however, Dedieu and Jouzel still find the provision lacking. They are by no means alone in their criticism of chemical pesticides (see for example Kroma and Flora 2003;Devine and Furlong 2007;Wilson and Tisdell 2001), of the registration system that approves and defends pesticide use (e.g. Jas 2007) nor of the assumed safety of PPE in applying plant protection products (Garrigou et al 2020).…”

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Blunting EU Regulation 1107/2009: following a regulation into a system of agricultural innovation

2020

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This paper explores the role of regulation and legislation on influencing the development and diffusion of technologies and methods of crop production. To do this, the change in pesticide registration under European Regulation 1107/2009 ‘Placing Plant Protection Products on the Market’ was followed through the UK’s agricultural system of innovation. Fieldwork included: a series of interviews conducted with scientists, agronomists and industry organisations; a programme of visiting agricultural events; as well as sending an electronic survey to British potato growers. The innovation system is noted to have made the legislation less restrictive than originally proposed. The most notable system response to the legislation is the adjustment of agrochemical company pesticide discovery strategy and their expansion into biologically derived treatments. There have also been other innovation responses: agricultural seed companies have been breeding in pathogen resistance in their cultivars; agricultural consultancies are prepared to recommend pathogen-resistant seeds; scientists are using the change as justification for adopting their solutions; the agricultural levy boards funded research into off-label pesticide uses; and producers, potato growers in particular, have been seeking advice, but not changing their growing practices.

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Intergenerational Justice and Innovation for Long-Term Agricultural Sustainability

Timmermann

2020

The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics

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Cited by 21 publications

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Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

Pesticide: A Contemporary Cultural Object

Blunting EU Regulation 1107/2009: following a regulation into a system of agricultural innovation

Intergenerational Justice and Innovation for Long-Term Agricultural Sustainability

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