Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by johnny22 on Monday May 02, 2022 @10:17PM
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> You'll have to pry Western farming methods from the cold dead hands of Indian farmers. Even the urban intelligencia has shut up about organic/traditional farming after seeing what's happening across the Palk Strait.
The indian itelligencia? I'd like to hear more about the commonalities here between equivalent folks in the uhmmm "west"
Re:Historic fertilizer crunch threatens food security
by qart on Tuesday May 03, 2022 @02:14AM
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I think he means people like Vandana Shiva (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandana_Shiva). She's been on plenty of western interviews, talks, etc. advocating organic farming.
Nevertheless, structural issues remain. Farmer suicides are not even remotely new and it's disingenous to suggest otherwise. And it has to be pointed out that the suicide rate amongst Indian farmers is lower than the national average.
You'll have to pry Western farming methods from the cold dead hands of Indian farmers. Even the urban intelligencia has shut up about organic/traditional farming after seeing what's happening across the Palk Strait.