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A comment on Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to an economic disaster.

Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by vimy on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:05AM (#28444261)
The EU wants to push the same dangerous idea with the green deal. Switch 25 % of farms to organic in ten years.

Edit: People seem to misunderstand. I don't mean overnight, I mean pushing the same idea = organic farming. It's doesn't work at scale. Doesn't matter if you have ten years or one day.

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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by m_eiman on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:14AM (#28444374)
As a reference, currently 20% of Sweden's area used for crops is organic.

Edit: and 17% of milk production.

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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by cestith on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:28AM (#28445300)
Phasing changes in over time with proper education, training, and building out of supporting industry is not nearly the same as announcing a flag day when your farmers don't have warning, training, or access to the replacement goods.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by frafra on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:31AM (#28444585)
US Organic and EU organic are two different things. In EU organic "bio", copper pesticides are allowed, and even compounds synthesized by humans in some borderline cases. Differences for wines are even more profound.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by shinryuu on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:47AM (#28444786)
Doing something over 10 years and overnight are two very different things.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by spaetzleesser on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:44AM (#28444748)
A gradual increase seems to be the right way. It lets producers adapt slowly.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by tpm on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:18AM (#28444428)
That's not the same at all.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by vimy on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @09:27AM (#28444535)
It will push food prices higher and make the EU more dependent on other regions for food security. It's shortsighted and dangerous.
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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by nicoffeine on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @10:07AM (#28445043)
The EU is already dependent on other regions because without imported synthetic fertilizers and other chemicals, they won't be able to produce the same yields anyway. Most countries there already have 10% or more farmland dedicated to organic practices.[1] They have more tooling and expertise available outside the chemical monocropping approach, which is what doomed the change in Sri Lanka.

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/657572/organic-farmland-...

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