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Hmong Farmer Narratives Of Pesticide Use In The Central Valley California
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Book Synopsis Hmong Farmer Narratives of Pesticide Use in the Central Valley, California by : Chia Thao
Download or read book Hmong Farmer Narratives of Pesticide Use in the Central Valley, California written by Chia Thao and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: AbstractPesticide use has undeniably contributed to greater crop yield. However, concerns about pesticide usage, particularly its impact on the environment and human health, have arisen. Farmers are exposed to pesticides in far greater numbers than the general population. Not surprisingly, studies show that pesticide exposure is associated with adverse health impacts in farming populations, including small-scale minority farmers such as Hmong community farmers in the Central Valley of California. The purpose of this qualitative study was to understand the factors that influence pesticide exposure among small-scale Hmong farmers in the California Central Valley. This research builds upon earlier studies that found Hmong farmers have great difficulty navigating the farming space in the Central Valley due to low literacy, language barriers, and limited in-language pesticide resources. I combined in-depth qualitative interviews and ethnographic observations in the current study. In-depth interviews included (a) narratives of adaptation to new farming practices in a foreign country, (b) explorations of components of pesticide literacy through descriptions of the flows of pesticide education and informal training, and (c) documenting the factors that contribute to the pesticide take-home pathway. Recommendations range from advocating for more culturally and linguistically appropriate pesticide safety training and educational programs be tailored to Hmong farmers, promoting available resources, and providing more services for Hmong community farmers in the United States.
Book Synopsis Understanding Hmong Growers' Livelihood Strategies in Sacramento by : Anna Rachel Goldberg
Download or read book Understanding Hmong Growers' Livelihood Strategies in Sacramento written by Anna Rachel Goldberg and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The farming landscape in California is changing as more and more minority farmers take up farming as a major source of household income. In response to this shift, there have been attempts by governmental agencies, non-profits and Universities to provide assistance to these farmers through minority farmer training programs and loans. In northern California, much of this attention has fallen on Southeast-Asian growers, a group that is comprised of immigrants from Laos, Thailand and Vietnam. Using data from semi-structured interviews this thesis will focus on the attempts at outreach and training for Hmong growers in Sacramento County. Using the Hmong farmers of Sacramento as a case study, I argue that in order to be effective, agricultural education for minority growers must take into account the cultural and practical livelihood strategies and foodways of these growers. My thesis will pursue these ends by examining the production and consumption practices of Hmong farmers in Sacramento and the current training approaches for Hmong farmers in the Sacramento region. The data suggests that Hmong livelihood strategies are changing to meet farmers' market demands and that in order to be more applicable to the shifting livelihood strategies of Hmong growers, agriculture trainings in Sacramento need to be more tangible, more long term and involve more members of the Hmong farming community in the planning and facilitation of these training.
Book Synopsis Exploring Farming Practices of Small-scale Hmong Producers in Fresno County by : Scott Cosca
Download or read book Exploring Farming Practices of Small-scale Hmong Producers in Fresno County written by Scott Cosca and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The post-indigenous history of California agriculture is built on the backs of the immigrant experience, from Chinese farmers in the mining era to waves of Oaxacan migrants picking and packing the fresh fruits and vegetables today. Despite this integral role, farmers and farmworkers of color are rarely prominently featured in calls for food system reform. Sustainable agriculture discourse valorizes the small/local farmers and the tradition/legacy of (white) family farming, but largely ignores questions of race. This is not a universal omission, as more pronounced calls for social justice do bring significant attention to the marginalization and exploitation of farmworkers and the need for structural reform. Labor reform is a critical piece of sustainability and justice, but I argue that attention also needs to be focused on the role that farmworkers, immigrant farmers and farmers of color play as knowledge producers. I believe this requires a more reflexive examination of what counts as legitimate knowledge and a broadening of institutional agricultural science to validate the experiential and performative components of farming knowledge. Interviewing small Hmong producers in Fresno County, who continue to farm and persist against a wide array of challenges, I explore two concepts for a just and equitable agricultural science. Distributive justice requires parity in access to sustainable and climate resilient agricultural programs, and I identify some ongoing systemic barriers for these small Hmong producers to access two recent programs: NRCS EQIP and CDFA SWEEP. Beyond parity, procedural justice requires taking steps to ensure that these Hmong farmers, and all disadvantaged farmers, have a clear voice in shaping policy and discourse around sustainability. This may require rethinking some research strategies and priorities, and building broader partnerships between the universities, government agencies, and farmers.
Book Synopsis An Economic Analysis of the Hmong Farming System in Fresno County, California by : Anne Haddix
Download or read book An Economic Analysis of the Hmong Farming System in Fresno County, California written by Anne Haddix and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Hmong Migration to Fresno by : Emily Lieb
Download or read book The Hmong Migration to Fresno written by Emily Lieb and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Traditional Healing in the Hmong Refugee Community of the California Central Valley by : John Ensign
Download or read book Traditional Healing in the Hmong Refugee Community of the California Central Valley written by John Ensign and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 704 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by : Anne Fadiman
Download or read book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down written by Anne Fadiman and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction, this brilliantly reported and beautifully crafted book explores the clash between a medical center in California and a Laotian refugee family over their care of a child.
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Book Synopsis The Pesticide Detox by : Jules N. Pretty
Download or read book The Pesticide Detox written by Jules N. Pretty and published by Earthscan. This book was released on 2012-07-26 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the 1960s, the world's population has more than doubled and agricultural production per person has increased by a third. Yet this growth in production has masked enormous hidden costs arising from widespread pesticide use - massive ecological damage and high incidences of farmer poisoning and chronic health effects. Whereas once the risks involved with pesticide use were judged to be outweighed by the potential benefits, increasingly the external costs of pesticides, to environments and human health, are being seen as unacceptable. In response to this trend, recent years have seen millions of farmers in communities around the world reduce their use of harmful pesticides and develop cheaper and safer alternatives. The Pesticide Detox explores the potential for the phasing-out of hazardous pesticides and the phasing-in of cost effective alternatives already available on the market. This book makes clear that it is time to start the pesticide detox and to move towards a more sustainable agriculture.
Book Synopsis The Challenges of Highland Development in Vietnam by : A. Terry Rambo
Download or read book The Challenges of Highland Development in Vietnam written by A. Terry Rambo and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia by : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Download or read book Mountain agriculture: Opportunities for harnessing Zero Hunger in Asia written by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and published by Food & Agriculture Org.. This book was released on 2019-08-07 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mountain food security and nutrition are core issues that can contribute positively to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals but paradoxically are often ignored in Zero Hunger and poverty reduction-related agenda. Under the overall leadership of José Graziano da Silva, the Former Director-General of FAO, sustainable mountain agriculture development is set as a priority in Asia and the Pacific, to effectively address this issue and assist Member Countries in tackling food insecurity and malnutrition in mountain regions. This comprehensive publication is the first of its kind that focuses on the multidimensional status, challenges, opportunities and solutions of sustainable mountain agriculture development for Zero Hunger in Asia. This publication is building on the ‘International Workshop and Regional Expert Consultation on Mountain Agriculture Development and Food Security and Nutrition Governance’, held by FAO RAP and UIR in November 2018 Beijing, in collaboration with partners from national governments, national agriculture institutes, universities, international organizations and international research institutes. The publication provides analysis with evidence on how mountain agriculture could contribute to satisfying all four dimensions of food security, to transform food systems to be nutrition-sensitive, climate-resilient, economically-viable and locally adaptable. From this food system perspective, the priority should be given to focus on specialty mountain product identification (e.g. Future Smart Food), production, processing, marketing and consumption, which would effectively expose the potential of mountain agriculture to contribute to Zero Hunger and poverty reduction. In addition, eight Asian country case studies not only identify context-specific challenges within biophysical-technical, policy, socio-economic and institutional dimensions.
Book Synopsis Urban Agriculture by : Kimberley Hodgson
Download or read book Urban Agriculture written by Kimberley Hodgson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Urban agriculture is rising steadily in popularity in the United States and Canada - there are stories in the popular press, it has an increasingly central place in the growing local food movement, and there is a palpable interest in changing cities to foster both healthier residents and more sustainable communities. The most popular form of urban agriculture, community gardening, contributes significantly to developing social connections, building capacity, and empowering communities in urban neighborhoods. Older, industrial cities such as Cleveland, Detroit, and Buffalo, with their drastic loss of population and their acres of vacant land, are emerging as centers for urban agriculture initiatives - in essence, becoming laboratories for the future role of urban food production in the postindustrial city. Because urban agriculture entails the use of urban land, it has implications for urban land-use planning, which is controlled and regulated by municipal governments and planning agencies. This PAS Report provides authoritative guidance for dealing with the implications of this cutting-edge practice that is changing our cities forever.
Book Synopsis Pesticide-related Illness and Injury Surveillance by :
Download or read book Pesticide-related Illness and Injury Surveillance written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam by : William D. Sunderlin
Download or read book Poverty Alleviation and Forests in Vietnam written by William D. Sunderlin and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Cultivating a Movement by : Irene Reti
Download or read book Cultivating a Movement written by Irene Reti and published by University Library, Uc Santa Cruz. This book was released on 2012 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A synergistic web of visionary farmers, activists, educators, and researchers is transforming the food system in Central California and beyond. This sampling of narratives is drawn from the first extensive oral history of organic and sustainable farming. It documents a multifaceted and interdependent community of change-makers who speak for themselves, offering a window into the dynamic history of a movement.
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Download or read book Future in Focus written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
