To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety

How governments regulate food safety and environmental protection, including pesticide residue levels, has important implications for trade. The World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial held in Doha, Qatar in November 2001, included statements on...

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Main Authors:	Wilson, John S., Tsunehiro Otsuki
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, D.C. 2013
Subjects:	FOOD SAFETY PESTICIDE RESIDUES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION PESTICIDE CONTROL STANDARDS PESTICIDE POLLUTION PESTICIDE REGULATION BANANA INDUSTRY TRADE DEVELOPMENT TRADE REGULATION WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION MARKET ACCESS DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TRADE POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT MARKETING REGULATORY CONTROL IMPORT REGULATIONS ENVIRONMENTAL STANDARDS CONSENSUS BUILDING EXPORT SHORTFALLS AERIAL SPRAYING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS ALDRIN ANIMAL HEALTH ANIMALS APPLES BANANAS BILATERAL TRADE CANCER CASH CROPS CEREALS CHLORDIMEFORM COEFFICIENT ESTIMATE COMMODITIES COMMODITY COMPLIANCE COSTS COTTON CROP CROPS DDT DEVELOPED COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT INDICATORS DIELDRIN DISPUTE SETTLEMENT DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS EXPORTERS EXPORTS FARM FARMERS FARMS FISH FISHERIES FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD EXPORTS FOOD IMPORTS FORESTRY FREE TRADE FRUITS FUNGI FUNGICIDES GNP GRAINS GRAVITY MODEL GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT HEPTACHLOR HERBICIDES IMPORTS INSECTICIDES INSECTS INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS INTERNATIONAL TRADE INVENTORIES LEGISLATION MARKET SHARE METHYLPARATHION MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES PARATHION PESTICIDE PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS PESTICIDE EXPOSURE PESTICIDE HAZARDS PESTICIDE RESIDUES IN FOOD PESTICIDE USE PESTICIDES PESTS PLANTAINS POLICY RESEARCH PRODUCE PRODUCERS PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH QUOTA LEVELS QUOTAS REGIONAL TRADE REGIONAL TRADE ARRANGEMENTS RICE SAFETY STANDARDS TARIFF RATE TRADE AGREEMENT TRADE DATA TRADE DIVERSION TRADE DIVERSION EFFECT TRADE FLOWS TRADE POLICIES TRADE REGIME VALUE OF TRADE VEGETABLES WATER STORAGE WEEDS ZERO TARIFFS
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To Spray or Not to Spray? Pesticides, Banana Exports, and Food Safety

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