There is a place for organic farming, but it is not in hybridized agriculture. The way it stands market-wise is organic produce complements the corporate chemically-treated hybridized produce market. Hybridized crops are not as robust to their unhybridized parent. This is known as 'hybrid inviability' and the hybrid crop is solely dependent on producers to provide the chemicals for thwarting pests and disease. In organic farming hybridized crops are also prevalent. They simply do not permit a slew of chemicals that the commercial avenue uses. So, there is an expected drop off in production, but is addressed by a higher sales price.
Whoever mandated this policy in Sri Lanka didn't think this through. Crop production volumes are crucial to profitability for farmers. Organic farming is a niched market tailored to a certain buyer willing to pay a higher price for chemical-free food. In this aspect, it is clearly a complementary market piggy-backing on the chemical-treated commercial produce market.
The policy maker sounds very similar to the IIRO (Idiot-in-Resident-Office) that shut down America's production of oil and natural gas. I saw a photo of the Sri Lankan president pulling his big bag of belongings on a ship dock in the process of fleeing the country. Why can't we get a similar picture of Dementia Joe doing this?
There is a place for organic farming, but it is not in hybridized agriculture. The way it stands market-wise is organic produce complements the corporate chemically-treated hybridized produce market. Hybridized crops are not as robust to their unhybridized parent. This is known as 'hybrid inviability' and the hybrid crop is solely dependent on producers to provide the chemicals for thwarting pests and disease. In organic farming hybridized crops are also prevalent. They simply do not permit a slew of chemicals that the commercial avenue uses. So, there is an expected drop off in production, but is addressed by a higher sales price.
Whoever mandated this policy in Sri Lanka didn't think this through. Crop production volumes are crucial to profitability for farmers. Organic farming is a niched market tailored to a certain buyer willing to pay a higher price for chemical-free food. In this aspect, it is clearly a complementary market piggy-backing on the chemical-treated commercial produce market.
The policy maker sounds very similar to the IIRO (Idiot-in-Resident-Office) that shut down America's production of oil and natural gas. I saw a photo of the Sri Lankan president pulling his big bag of belongings on a ship dock in the process of fleeing the country. Why can't we get a similar picture of Dementia Joe doing this?