Abstract
The global pesticide complex (GPC) is a framework to analyze the multifaceted dimensions of pesticides and their compounding interactions. This essay develops a stylized history of synthetic pesticide-fueled agricultural intensification to highlight the principal roles that agrochemicals play in agrarian transformations and politics. People whose livelihood strategies are tied to land increasingly depend upon pesticides, while chemicalization disrupts the cultural and ecological webs that sustain social reproduction. New dynamics revealed through a GPC lens demonstrate pesticides’ significance for understanding contemporary agrarian change.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 702-719 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Peasant Studies |
| Volume | 53 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2026 |
Keywords
- Political ecology
- feminist political economy
- neoliberalism
- regulation
- social reproduction
- uneven development
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