Organic Farming Activism Threatens Millions—and the Environment

Recommendable! The road to hell is paved with good, but lousy intentions!

Always be aware of the Luddites even a the end of he first quarter of the 21st century! They are still among us!

"... When Sri Lanka started using artificial fertilizers in the 1960s, rice yields tripled, and the country became self-sufficient in rice production. It could even export rice.

In 2021, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa told a United Nations summit that he was concerned about the country’s “increasing use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and weedicides that led to adverse health and environmental impacts.”

Ignoring proven scientific practices, Rajapaksa banned all imports of chemical fertilizers, forcing Sri Lanka’s millions of farmers to go organic virtually overnight. Without access to agrochemicals, average rice yields in Sri Lanka were reduced by 30 percent. Sri Lanka was forced to spend $450 million on rice imports. Tea production, the country’s prime export, also fell by 18 percent.

The result was economic collapse, with poverty rates nearly doubling between 2021 and 2022. Sri Lanka has become the first country in the Asia Pacific region in 20 years to default on foreign debt.  ..."

Organic Farming Activism Threatens Millions—and the Environment - Human Progress "Modern farming methods have lifted millions of people out of poverty, but today there is a backlash against them."