ABSTRACT
The introduction into developing countries of Northern agricultural technology in the 1960s and 1970s, known commonly as the ‘Green Revolution’, created a dependence on pesticides produced in the North and opened up a massive new trade, flowing from North to South. Over 90 per cent of all pesticides are produced in the industrialized North and, while most of the trade in these products is within these countries, some 20 per cent of pesticides are sold to the South to the tune of around £2.4 billion per year.1 With increased public consciousness of pollution and the merits of organic farming in Europe and the US, the developing country market looks set to continue to expand and become increasingly attractive to the big agrochemical firms in the North.
