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 thehappypm on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @11:27AM (#28446009)

You would see a 25% cut in revenue (yielded crops to market) but also would see a cut in your costs (you aren't tilling, planting seeds, harvesting, putting wear and tear on tools, transporting to market) that would offset it.

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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by chii on Tuesday September 07, 2021 @08:27PM (#28451490)

The economies of scale of industrializing farming means that cutting the planting and harvesting by 25% doesn't cut the cost by the same 25% (i.e., the same economies of scale works against you when you try to decrease your scale!).

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Re:Sri Lanka’s overnight flip to organic farming has led to ... by thehappypm on Wednesday September 08, 2021 @10:39AM (#28457712)

I did not mean to imply that costs would drop by exactly 25%, just that you might not see the hit to your profit margin you would expect due to your costs also decreasing with decreasing revenue.

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