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> increase the share of eco-farming, i.e. conventional farming without the chemistry. The problem: both approaches drastically reduce agricultural productivity.
by cjrp 3y ago
> increase the share of eco-farming, i.e. conventional farming without the chemistry. The problem: both approaches drastically reduce agricultural productivity.
A prime example, the seed-dressing used to treat rapeseed and prevent cabbage-stem flea beetle from destroying the crop has been outlawed in the EU. Most farmers now won't grow rapeseed, because the risk of making a huge financial loss is too high. Result? We import rapeseed from countries which haven't outlawed the insecticide.
- clows 3y ago> Most farmers now won't grow rapeseed, because the risk of making a huge financial loss is too high. Do you have data to back that up? The only info I could find is along the lines of the article below. https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2022/06/16/eu-rapeseed-crop-2022-projected-at-five-year-high/ https://www.biofuelsdigest.com/bdigest/2022/06/16/eu-rapesee... > EU rapeseed crop 2022 projected at five-year high
- myshpa 3y agoI'm in country which has 15% of its farmland covered in it. Hate it. It's sprayed 10-20 times per season, the amount of poison it spreads to the nature is staggering.
- biorach 3y ago> Most farmers now won't grow rapeseed, In the EU? I think you just made that up