Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina

In Argentina, the model of extractive agricultural development has generated profound and irreversible impacts. To the loss of biodiversity due to deforestation, must be added the increasing territorial conflict linked to the expulsion and destruction of peasant and indigenous ways of life, and the...

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Main Authors: Mariana Andrea Schmidt, Virginia Toledo López
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Kavilando 2018-02-01
Series:Revista Kavilando
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Online Access:http://www.kavilando.org/revista/index.php/kavilando/article/view/218
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description In Argentina, the model of extractive agricultural development has generated profound and irreversible impacts. To the loss of biodiversity due to deforestation, must be added the increasing territorial conflict linked to the expulsion and destruction of peasant and indigenous ways of life, and the affections to the health of the fumigated peoples. Based on primary and secondary sources, the article explores the emergence and trajectory of conflicts and controversies surrounding the use of agrochemicals in the provinces of Salta and Santiago del Estero.
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Revista Kavilando
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deterioro ambiental
conflicto social
agricultura argentina
title Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina
title_full Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina
title_fullStr Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina
title_short Agribusiness, environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern Argentina
title_sort agribusiness environmental impacts and conflicts over the use of agrochemicals in northern argentina
topic Salud pública
deterioro ambiental
conflicto social
agricultura argentina
url http://www.kavilando.org/revista/index.php/kavilando/article/view/218
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