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This tells us less about the viability of organic farming and more about the idea that one can change an entire nation's agriculture system overnight by fiat.
by addicted 5y ago
This tells us less about the viability of organic farming and more about the idea that one can change an entire nation's agriculture system overnight by fiat.
Zimbabwe tried that and failed (no organic farming needed there). And now Sri Lanka is trying it and failing.
A more sensible approach would be to phase it in with the right incentives for organic farming and adding the cost of externalizes to the price of non organic farm produce in a phased in manner.
- TMWNN 5y ago>Zimbabwe tried that and failed (no organic farming needed there). Recent history of Zimbabwe (<http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD http://imgur.com/a/VdQdD>)
- imtringued 5y agoSome parts of Marxism are incredibly strange. I advocate for land value taxes which is basically a big middle finger to land owners. Yet Marx will suggest people seize the "means of production" in this case the land. But there is a big reason why the evil white land owner had that land. He utilized it the most in the short term even if that means destroying it over the long term. The reason why capitalism works so well for poor countries is that they have decades of growth ahead of them and capitalism forces growth at the cost of exploitation.