In Sri Lanka, Organic Farming Went Catastrophically Wrong
(foreignpolicy.com)
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You can't just mandate "organic farming" and then expect it to work simply by means of outlawing fertilizer and pesticides.
You have to teach the farmers how to cultivate living soil and how to integrate animals into their land (chickens love to eat bugs, for example) and create bio SYSTEMS.
Look up "no till soil" on YouTube for a starter on this concept of healthy, living, regenerative soil that is much better for plants and produces healthier food.
Not to mention that it takes time to recover from all the damage done to the soil by industrial farming method.