> Former central bank deputy governor W.A. Wijewardena reportedly termed the organic plan as a “dream with unimaginable social, political and economic costs”. H

> Former central bank deputy governor W.A. Wijewardena reportedly termed the organic plan as a “dream with unimaginable social, political and economic costs”. He said Sri Lanka’s food security had been “compromised Those of us who have managed projects and built stuff can recognize the flaw. It is the difference between "what we'd like to be true" and having a solid plan for getting there. Probably having all organic farming is a great goal but probably could have been predicted to backfire if done overnight. Specifically: don't kill your inorganic farming before your organic farming produces enough for you to eat. This pattern of failure can be seen everywhere. Don't give up your strategic base in Afghanistan until all your people are evacuated. Don't shut down your nuclear power plants until your renewables have actually proven to produce enough. Idealism is great for visualizing the future. But unchecked idealism will kill you. I am not sure about the politics of Sri Lanka but I see in the US people rally around which politician can paint the rosiest picture of the future rather than the tempered pragmatic who can make iterative progress towards a better place.