Is organic farming responsible for Sri Lanka's economic crisis?
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- čas přidán 14. 04. 2022
- Sri Lanka is going through its worst economic crisis. There are protests, and cabinet resignations, the President himself is desperately trying to hold on to power. This mayhem that the country is going through has been squarely blamed on the shift to organic farming. But is this the case? Or did the economy collapse because of a series of blunders that have been going on for years with the shift to organic being the last nail in the proverbial coffin?
In 2016, A movement comprising academics and civil society began to grow with a demand for going back to organic farming. This movement was called Viyath maga, which among other things pushed for a change in the way agriculture was practised on this island. Sensing an opportunity, Sri Lanka’s President Gotabaya Rajapaksa made organic farming a poll promise as part of his 2019 election campaign. And on April 29, 2021, he kept his poll promise by ordering the country’s 2 million farmers to go organic, overnight. But, Why did Rajapaksa decide to go organic? It was not that he believed that organic farming could feed Sri Lanka’s population. But because he wanted to save foreign exchange bills on imported fertilisers. Sri Lanka imports all its fertiliser from mainly China and India. At that time, the total cost of fertiliser imports and subsidies was also close to $500 million. This may not look like a huge amount, but according to the world bank, Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves stood at around $5.7 billion in 2020. This meant Sri Lanka was spending roughly 10% of its reserves on importing fertilizer. Then, in 2020, Covid-19 happened! The bill was already straining the country’s reserves, but the pandemic almost emptied it out. Tourism contributed close to $478 million in 2018 which fell to $50 million in 2020. Similarly Sri Lankan economy is dependent on the export of items such as tea, rubber, coconut, spices and garments which contribute close to a quarter of its GDP. Since 2012, there has been a slowdown in exports of these goods. Sri Lanka is also saddled with a mammoth external debt of nearly $45 billion. According to Sajith Premadasa, the leader of Sri Lanka’s opposition, close to $8 billion of this debt is from China. A lot of this debt was for projects that could have been money-spinners for the country, but many of them became non-starters. Like the Hambanthota port, for which Sri Lanka took $1.2 billion from China. But Sri Lanka could not run the port and repay its loan to China. It renegotiated the loan and handed the port to China on a lease for 99 years. Today, Sri Lanka’s foreign reserves stand at only $2 billion.
Sri Lanka’s economic crisis was not a result of organic farming, but poor economic policies. When the Rajapaksha announced the shift to organic, less than 3% of Sri Lanka’s farmland was farmed without chemicals. The country needed time to change and adjust to the Organic way of farming, They also needed support and good organic substitutes to smooth the transition. Bhutan for example announced in 2008 that it will become fully organic by 2020. Bhutan is yet to achieve that target. As for Sri Lanka, the impact of a series of poor economic policies, sheer shortsightedness and a heavy reliance on foreign funds will hurt the 20.1 million Sri Lankan population for years to come. - Věda a technologie
Making social decisions on emotions instead of logic always end in failure
organic farming may not be the primary reason, but it sure was the trigger to financial crisis
Many planters killed with herbicides, pesticides etc
The lockdown was the reason. Sri lanka is dependent on tourism.
@@Swede.from.Bostonyepp
As a Sri Lankan I accept the above Video.Lack of commitment, leadership,planning led the economically collapsed country to be worser in going to organic agriculture even though it has done as a practice for thousands of years. What a shame for our motherland
Sri lanka was bankrupt 2 yrs back before covid crisis,just symptoms come out suddenly and lot of countries are following it
The same may happen to our energy sector if there is no smooth transition (Fossil to renewable).
when have governments ever done a smooth transition in anything...
@@gtxoiltastebad there is no transition as renewable energies rely from oil...so governments and people will never change habits unless they are forced to, which is happening now...organic farming is the only solution, if people die it's because of putting too much expectations on cheap food production and in relying from oil and its derivatives
But it has to happen.
Soon the better.
Rip the bandaid off and go on with life.
marketing meeting reality be like
the transition you speak of is impossible..the people pushing it don't want regular people having cars or cheap reliable energy ..they want us all over living like the third world
They should have staggered the transition. Cutting down the subsidy for chemical counterparts and diverting it to domestic organic fertilizer and pest control productiin and organic agriculture and a proper organic certification process would have eased the shift. If you are going to stop importing, then you have to make sure that the domestic production has scaled up enough bridge that demand. It's really a shame because SriLanka's climate is very suitable for production of organic fertilizers because most of them needs fermenting or composting. The natural rebuilding of soil could also happen quickly there because of ideal conditions for soil microbe development.
It almost seems like the decision to just abruptly stop chemical pesticides and fertilizers were done with absolutely zero background research into organic farming. Atleast consulting with some academics would have given a better idea about the challenges
Organic farming leads to dramatic losses in yield and starving people. Full Stop. Trying to suggest the need for a "staggered transition" is simply denial. Your going to kill a lot of people holding on to your delusion.
Government need to be careful while making policies
Agreed, and voters should be aware of the corrupt, authoritarian men they elect.
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Organic farming is not the reason. Bad transition from industrial farming towards organic farming is the cause.
If your land is reliant on synthetic fertilizer, you cant just stop using it overnight. There are gradual processes you have to do to increase the soil organic content first that was destroyed by the synthetic fertilizer
China cheating
YOU know right then why they did not slowly try to change the way of farming. One should keep 2/3 arrows in one's arsenal.
China Sent Bad products To Lanka and they returned it to China back.
Tourism Affected Lanka's Economy
@lillili77 not true.. you are wrong. I am going to write a comment. read it.
@@Sena-zf7ij He is right. You cant go directly to organic, it takes time.
Organic farming was ploy for good cover up ..
Because they had run out of foreign exchange for fertilizers .
Thats not true, cz they were buying so called organic fertilizers from China.
At that time they had FE .but they had to shift little by little.but they banned it at once.then whole agriculture went down.sl is fully depend on agriculture .then exports shriked and lost USD.then protest started and cuz of that tourism wend down.crisis became worst.thats who that happened
Thanks to *Down* *To* *Earth* for this video on this topic. I thought of making a video to present my opinions on this topic because everyone started blaming SriLanka and its president for shifting to organic/natural farming overnight. My opinion on this is...it's going to be a bit long.
*First:* As rightly mentioned in this video at 6:29 that "shifting to organic/natural farming is not the cause but their economic policies."
*Two:* Shifting to organic/natural farming will never create problems in food supply. There can be deficit in production but that will never create hunger or total destruction on the food supply chain. The main reason for their hunger in SriLanka is because they sold every single crop production to China. If they don't sell them for cheap, SriLanka knows better that China is going to torture them because they gave loan to SriLanka. This is what happens if any country thinks that China is their friend and it is helping them. But the reality will always be different with China throughout history yet some countries embrace China.
*Three:* Shifting overnight to organic/natural farming won't create hunger because, as per my knowledge there is no barren land in SriLanka where no single plant grows. The total land of SriLanka is fully fertile land just like Bhaarath has where we can grow any crop. There is abundant rainfall as well. So, what I am trying to say is, even if they don't use any chemicals, crops still grow.
*Four:* You might ask me what about the nourishment of soil which must have lost its 'Ph value' due to excessive use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers. We can use Sunn hemp plants and natural dhaincha plants to fix the soil. Both these plants are way better than chemicals which increase the strength in the soil naturally. Also all kinds of legume plants will also help. Also If they can follow Sri Subhash Palekar Ji's methods, they can cultivate with less expenses and they can even control all pests with Sri Subhash Palekar Ji's methods.
So, overall shifting to organic/natural is not at all the reason for the present crisis in SriLanka. Maybe chemical companies are lobbying to spread negativity about organic/natural farming because they lose their business in a single day if other countries do the same. The people who think that shifting to organic/natural farming overnight is a bad decision, they must also think about their health and future consequences because of chemical farming. We are seeing many critical illnesses in the past 2-3 decades, especially cancer, once a rare disease became a common disease just because of Chemical farming and unnatural food products. The only option humankind has is to go natural/organic farming 100% . Get rid of chemicals. Doing so, will not only improve Humans health but also soil's health, nature's health and good toxic free ground water.
Using too much copium. People like you are like tankies. Only seeing what you want to see and ignoring everything else.
@@vikkycb7948 Please elaborate. It helps me and others if you are making valid points.
Organic food has more nutritional value than the pesticide fed food....
Eating 4 pesticide fed oranges = 1 organic orange
@@indusking6192 there is zero evidence to back that up
@@Sena-zf7ij
Biggest Increase in yields hasn't come from fertilizer or pesticides it has come from selection. To be more specific from dwarf varities and intensive cultivation.
Organic crops haven't gone through that cycle also you cannot just use normal varieties as they are more susceptible to lack of fertilizer and weeds and pests. Genetic structure of any plant is limited either it can be used for resistance or it can be used for high yields. Cannot do both.
So yes shifting abruptly to organic will result in drop in yields.
However just organic isn't the only thing that went wrong with srilanka. They are atleast 10 more things that went wrong. Let me try and list them.
1. High external loans
2. Too much investment in long gestation infrastructure projects.
3. Banning Palm oil and GM crops etc. Why it's the cheapest oil they replaced it almost 25% more expensive alternatives.
4. COVID lockdowns (mismanaged)
5. COVID induced Tourism slump
6. COVID induced drop in Remittances.
7. Tax breaks for populism
8. Global reversal in commodities cycle (on average 40% increase)
9. Global shortage of shipping capacity resulting is 4 times increase in cargo freight.
10. Ukraine war induced crude price jump.
11. Finally rise in intrest rate globally making capital short.
In summary multiple things went wrong in Srilanka. Thus shift to organic is not the reason for thier situation but it is a reason.
Lastly can somehow get Organic crops which are high yield.
Answer is Yes.
Either wait another 25-30 years.
Or Be open to GM crops( Monitor it strictly).
My background is economics and agriculture and currently I am commodities trader.
Yes I am a vulture. (As per some people)
How refreshing to see some honest reporting!
honest? How is the summary that the shift to organic food production and reducing agricultural output by >60% in the process is not responsible for the food crisis even remotely appropriate?
Ir is not organic farming .it is lack of forex reserves . Sri Lanka is heavily dependent on imports and when it's forex reserves starred eroding. The central bank of Sri Lanka if there is one should have taken corrective measures.
i disagree with this. If forex reserves were a problem Srilanka wouldn't have went on to import so called organic manure from China. Its just a Dictatorial policies that have resulted in this mess
how is the shift to organic faring NOT responsible for the food crisis? These idiots reduced their agricultural output by 2/3!
Sri Lanka is passing through some very ruff terrain.Sri Lanka is under experiment of communists and have lost everything.Now how Sri Lanka will exist in future is totally dependent on kabal.
What a mess.....more dodgy politicians....hope things improve soon......🙏
5.7 billion? holy shit, that's so small.
This video is very important and sent to the so call economists who are solely blaming organic farming.
And we can send the so call "organic farming" advocates the death certificates of those they have killed thru starvation... and the bills for saving the poor they impoverished.
The idiocy of politicians know no bounds
Great man .... You are doing a great job
Organic farming is 100% responsible for this crisis.
Prove your statement and also clearyfy why
*Chinese debt trap
*covid 19
*plastic ban
* tourism industry collapse
Is not responsible
Just shut up
The other issue is our native disease resistant crop varieties are going extinct. We rely too much on 2-3 commercial varieties.
Today foreigners are visiting Indian tribals to collect their crop varieties and artificially add the disease resistance gene to their varieties.
So scary
And hopefully once cunningly taken, the simple folks are duped unknowingly and they are left with going "Modern* and their way of life is lost.
fertilizer lobby, media lobby, invester lobby.....
Whatever.... Organic farming is just an fancy lifestyle arising after attaining food security. Afterall do people in India know any of the fertilizers so called Organic fertilizers , synthetic?
Organic farming was the normal natural way of farming for millennia, the west makes it fancy as if it is something for the rich. Ever heard of cow or chicken manure?
Lookat how Sikkim has done it in India
Gee, I wonder what conclusion this video will come to
Feels like overnight ban of Rs500 and Rs1000 notes in India!!
Population outbursts is the reason, people don't realise current demand can't be fulfilled only by organic, the transition has to be gradual.
Yes , you're right.But no one is willing to address this issue, the elephant 🐘 in the room.
i find amazing that people think that our ancestors moved on to synthetic fertilizers for fun or because they didn't know better... not knowing that fertilizers has always been an issue and source of conflicts between countries. People think that every soil are able to grown stuff... guess what it is not. Look at the netherlands for example, very very poor soil that only grass can grow. what do you do? you starve? no, you transform the grass into milk with cows and/or you use fertilizers. later on, you became one of the most productive country, export cheese like it is nothing and provide other country that don't have the chance to grow stuff.
The WEF should be held accountable!! As should the PM of Sri Lanka. For too long have we let the wealthy “solve” our problems!
Speaking as a farmer the definition of Organic farming does not necessarily equate to no fertilizer. Some of the most important gains in farm production come from balancing bacteria and fungi populations in live soil. In practice some of the worst soil health is found on well intentioned organic farms who till in cover crops. On the other hand good soil health is successfully gained by no till cover crop practices that would not qualify for organic certification on the world market. Beginning a farm transition to live soil that needs LESS fertilizer is an economic challenge on the magnitude of one years inputs. Ie: if I want to change from traditional petro chemical farming to live soil and my traditional farming cost 100,000 on 90 acres of corn. I will need the input 100,000 plus another 100,000 for equipment and marketing changes. Then depending on markets there will probably be a yield/profit loss in the first three years of transition. So the transition cost not only 100,000 but also two or three years profit which in my example is another thirty or forty K over three years. If I was forced to implement this in a time of struggle my farm and all the commodities it produced would be bankrupt and unproductive. The world needs to figure out this transition. Also. In our area no financing is available due to low initial profitability. Certainly the consumer base willing to pay for live soil farming is elusive and requires a whole new marketing plan. Siri Lanka should not have made such far reaching decisions without significant input from farmers. It was very bad for the soil health movement because it was planned to fail. Now my investors look at this and say look what happens with your hippie ideas! Anyone want to put up 200,000 so I can transition our entire farm to living soil. Returns should come in year four at a rate of five percent to the investors with a ten year amortization on the loan.
Chemical fertilizers & hybrid though increase production but render produce tasteless & odourless
Also nutrition drastically decrease if you get 30% vitamin c natrually on tomatoes ... fertilizers make it to 5% - 9% vitamin c
@@voidninja9134 from where do you comeup with made-up numbers.
Bull
Organic farming is the right thing - but you have to do it the right way, slowly reduce chemical fertilizers, and look at the right approaches to organic farming!
should had been done at least 10 years ago, now it's too late and there is no time left...soon there will be a global issue of lack of chemicals
The drop in agricultural production without chemical fertilizers is completely predictable. The economic crisis is predictable in that a government which is capable of banning agricultural chemicals is also incapable of managing a free-market economy. The nonsense about 'going-back' to organic agriculture ignores the facts laid out in any serious textbook on fertilizers and crop yields. Running a farm in the countryside is a world apart from growing a nice organic garden in the suburbs , especially if you want your people to have food in the marketplace.
Currently sri Lanka has no electricity, no food, no fuel people facing hungry.Rajapaksha family's corruption was main reason for this...Please Pray for Sri Lanka.....
What goes around comes around. Karma.
Why did the people vote for rajapaksha then ?
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@Prashanth B true. Also true that in d meantime thousands f peeps are adversely impacted n no 1 is held accountable. So what kindaf Karma did peep do to deserve such inhumane situation Sadly created By Humans?? This is a tragic wake up call🙏, We gotta wake up to d fact that the corruption , greed for power n money (by few handful) is Only As Strong As We Allow it 2 B as a Collective Society. Corruption n biased standards r so deep rooted that unless as 'Collective society of peep' - we dont participate n engage in questioning policy making n implementation &
hold d so called authorities which r established to take care of it's people accountable for d adverse impact (usually seen in longer term ) and raise our concerns (@ d same time giving credit where due). Our younger and next generation will hve to suffer a similar or even worst results of our collective mistakes🙈🙉🙊.
#wakeup
there is a lot's of reason main reason is corruption since 2009 rajapaksha family invest money on useless project (habantota fort, mattala air port, lotus tower, Suriya weva cricket ground, roads and many more reduce the taxes as well
This was srilanka's demonetization moment
Blaming China again eh? They are not even the biggest holder of Sri Lanka's foreign debt...
Yep, thanks to the WEF !!
Transition or not, organic farming is not sustainable. Yields are at least one third less. Therefore, even with 20 years of transition, the economics simply do not work.,
This is the wrong approach. Crux of the matter has still not been investigated properly.
#SaveSoil
yes.
I think shift the ipl there atleast Indians wahan jaake ipl dekhenge khayenge piyenge thoda toh boost milega economy ko 😁😁😁
No they have Chinese for that I guess.
👍👏🙏 Need to look in Indian scenario too.
I’m kinda surprised that Sri Lanka president didn’t blame Nehru, congress and libtards for the crisis. Anyways I hope things will turn well for the people of Sri Lanka.
@Manas Kumar there’s a thing called sarcasm. It’s a Modi govt default response to their failures & incompetences.
so u took ur geography lessons from where ??
@@prajwalrao6830 ur mom.
He he ; )
if one family rules the country, this is what happens..India did not fall into this as they raised against it in 2014 and 2019 and 2024...
Great man
A nation’s economy is no different from individual economy: You need good income, only 30 % of it for essential debts, savings, hardwork and prudent utilisation of resources, good investments and not risky ones etc. Talking in terms of GDP or interest hikes or mega projects and development will confuses.
😮😮😮😮😮... ....... .....
A house with mother and four children, four children grew up and destroyed the mother and the house. It's not the rain or other natural practices, it's human induced.
Nonsense. It doesn't matter if transition was done poorly or "smoothly". The move away from synthetic fertilizers is a 30-50 % reduction in output. With 30% of the population employed in farming this indicates that many farms are very small and inefficient. For comparison the number of Europeans employed in farming in the UK is 1%.
Kilocaloric per capita output had been steadily going up to match that of the west. This top-down enforced starvation was never market driven like it is in Europe where consumers choose ecological goods or not. Instead it was a way for the leaders to showcase themselves in the ESG world with starvation, death, and revolution as the consequence.
If the state is so good at these things why are farms not government owned? Why is transportation of food not government owned? Why are supermarkets not government owned? The answer is simple: Government leaders recognize at some level that top-down policies can never adjust to changes the way individuals can and that people get really really upset angry when your policies cause their children to starve.
Nope. The country was already in trouble. Fertilizer ban was just to conserve limited dollar reserve. Your 60 billion plus debt could never be attributed to agriculture.
Chinese should visit Sri Lanka more than others. They need support for their tourism sure Chinese fullfilled this problem.
Gotbaya went "2016 MODI" but on organic steroids.
Ask vandana what she advised the Srilankan government and what happened after they followed her advise.
Western Nations should rally around Sri Lanka., not circle like vultures.
Have you heard of Bhutan that banned Cigaretes and has complete organic agriculture
Oh so the petrol coming from the farms ?
Why can't they just migrate to a different country?
I don't why they choose to stay in such a place,like it's not that difficult
No...not at all...but something else
Cause lies in Rajapaksa family swindling the government of all their riches
The motive is welcoming but method is wrong.
Farming is always unnatural and inorganic .....I don't know whether people can really differentiate organic and inorganic. If you really mean Organic in every ways possible....then we should go back to the hunter, gatherer times. Understand people, these buzzes like veganism, Organic farming etc seems sustainable....but facts plays the game Eg: Srilanka ......Whichever . adjectives u add to the word farming ....it's always inorganic ....."FACT"
ever herd of sikkim being organic state? Even export price of organic product more commercially beneficial especially for european markets.
lol Veganism being unsustainable? Research first.
A 50% crop reduction can never be a problem, can it
i saved india from it like i was major contributer to not let this happen in India.
Fortunately, were are talking about this -
Organic agriculture is not root cause.
💐 It is abrupt restrictions policy without farmers association - stake consideration .
It was like Farmer Bills 2020 India.
No meeting with stakeholders farmers and labourers.
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Training program is the success of organic farming.
Good report.🙏🌺✳️
In India during the 3 farms act, the government met farmers and stakeholders more than 10 times. The meaningless demand for repealing acts was uncalled for. Anyway, nothing is more crucial than peace in the country.
I disagree with your point about the farm bills in India. Just because farmers in Punjab opposed it doesn't mean all indian farmers do. In kerala farmers were very pleased with the farm bills. Same thing with farmers of Tamilnadu. Punjab doesn't represent the entire of India.
@@reshmanair6521 then they should have applied the bills in the states which liked the bills
@@Lovejassar Punjab farmers should have represented only Punjab farmers and not the mouthpiece of the entire country's farmers in the first place. Because of the Gunda raj of one state whole of India will face now. Similar kind of laws was implemented in other states like UP and Bihar way before the 2kaudi ka tikait had the understanding of these laws.
@@sakshipal60754 You lecturing about fraternity and integrity when the protesters blocked the gates of the capital for more than 100 days, girls were rapēd at that so-called jam or freedom for rich farmers interests.
You dare to lecture on democratic principles while sitting on the same land where the head of the government was prevented by a group of brain dead, righteousness dead people blinded by their master's ego risking the lives of people around him? Shame on you.
It's good analysis.
Sorry this is wrong conclusion. Yes Srilankan economy didn't go down only because of Organic switch but it was definitely one of the main contributors to it tanking.
Following decisions went wrong
1. Excess loans at high rates(Chinese loans are just 1 part of the overall problem)
2. Massive infrastructure spending without clear revenue model. Not everyone is China.
3. Sudden shift to organic not just within Srilanka but also steps like banning Palm oil imports. All this did is increase the import bill on Imported food, more expensive oil.
4. Big reduction in taxes.
5. COVID and mismanaged stringent lockdowns.
6. Significant fall in tourism
7. Huge drop in Remittances.
They have dropped to 1/4.
8. Global upturn in commodities and Energy prices
None of this in itself would have caused the meltdown but all of it together has sunk the Srilankan economy.
Answer is simple,
1. Renegotiate the loans, get a holiday period.
2. Stop all Infrastructure spending
3. Increase taxes step by step.
4. Stop doing lockdowns
5. Don't panic and pray.
Nah... Its bad politicians....
Due to fertilizers land is today become UNFRUTILE mean banjar
We cannot take good crop without fertilizers
organic fertilizers must
or
chemical fertilizers must
Very easy to blame organic fertilizer. This is a stupid idea. Or a clever idea to look for blames to hang for Sri Lanka's total economic collapse. It is not use of organic farming that caused agricultural collapse. The gross economic mismanagement by the Rajapaksha regime is to blame. Covid pandemic, drop in tourism and sharp drop in exports are only factors. It is the total dependence on China that has caused this Crisis. Sri Lanka has no way out unless it throws off the Chinese economic slave yoke that is strangling its neck.
BLAME THE ORGANIC NOT THE CHINESE DEATH TRAP AND CORRUPTIONS.
GO AHEAD --- MAKE MY DAY ! KEEP SPINNING !
#GoHomeGota
Stop the irritating background music. Do you want people to focus on the content or music?
Basic needs(food , fuel ,medicine )----to live.
remainings-----------to develop.
without development(with present income)one can live
but ,without life there is development .
Chandrababu naidu's vision is
Welfare & Development . here
welfare is nothing but living .
WELFARE consists of 2 types
1) revolving of money
Self Help Groups /DWCRA groups
( productivity will happen )
2) non_revolving of money or freebies
( no productivity will happen in this
type & it is dangerous to economy
system ) .
DEVELOPMENT :--
It comprises of 3 types
1) Short_term Objectives
instant income will be in this type
and span is 0 to 6 months
2)Mid_term Objectives
later on income will be in this type
and span is 6months to 2yrs
3) Long_term Objectives /Aims
income may come in long term or may not come in this type .
now Srilanka & anil ambani invested
money in 3rd category .
this is in B.Ed syllabus not my
own creativity .
Another problem hidden was he didn't have the dollars lol
The destroyed soil with fertilisers and pesticides is the cause. And every country will meet the same fate if we don't realise the destruction we are causing.
Dude you are so wrong it's not even funny.
Srilanka keeps on making wrong decisions
05:33 its Hambantotta not Hambanotta...
It’s Hambantota not Hambantotta 🤠
Organic farming is not a solution for all the greed every human being possess.
A lifestyle close to organic way of growth will only be a sustainable solutions for the development of the society as a whole.
We need an introspection to learn organic way of farming.
well explained👍
Thank you 😃
Their intention was right but the timing went wrong.
This is like saying, "Since Murders have reduced the country is facing a food shortage problem, govt should not have stopped the crime suddenly but should have done it steadily."
LOL!
There's far more to organic farming than simply not using water soluble fertilisers.
sorry had to quit, unbearable to watch with back ground music. ?????
Organic Farming Is not Responsible
Actually Their Tourism is affected.
Lanka Govt. Brought Fertilizer and organic products From China and those were duplicate Products so they returned the Goods China But I heard that they paid china Neary 5 mil.orbil. dollar to return the goods because China conditioned.
Free is the biggest issue in Asian countries.these all are the reasons why Lanka is facing the issue.
Chemicals in soil can only improve productivity temporarily, in long term not just for Sri Lanka, even USA will realize the importance or organic farming
Good explanation
when you want to contact me don't keep anyone in middle straight me. that it.
insane.
bhutan is a very very small country.
wrong title for sure😜
Organic, Gotabaya has no clue what he is doing, the only reason Organic only was brought forth was to cover up the impending economic crisis, Mahinda, Gota, Basil, Namal kept draining the budget for their personal gain. They are cunning but Chinese are even more cunning gave huge commissions to them as a reward for getting loans.
#savesoil
there are multiple factor involved in srilanka fall and organic farming in NOT one of them!!!
Industrial farming and artificial intelligence is the reason.
Humans began using industrial farming and artificial intelligence for food production and their populations expanded in adaptation to this system of food production, which produces massive quantities of nutritionally inferior, highly calorific foods. They had now become dependent on this industrial food production system, since this large a population cannot be supported by organic farming.
Then, when they tried to revert back to organic farming, food quantity decreased (with food quality increasing dramatically), and there was insufficient food to support this massive, unsustainably large human population.
All Plants Grow "Organic" do you Know Any Other WAY to Go From Seed To Seeding> #SAVESOIL Farming is Not an Idea> IT MUST BE UP TO EACH FARMER WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR LANDS with Incentives to BUILD ORGANIC CONTENT IN SOIL!!
This is so Predictable... Finger Pointing by those That SEEK WEALTH OVER SERVICE!
You are discussing Shri Lanka and I’m here shivering out of fear , as all of it matches Indian economy .
not really india has over 600 billions of foreign reserves .
There is literally no commonality between their economy and policies with here in India. What are you even talking about
@@lakshyaagrawal4722 I hope and wish it’s all a mirage and we sail through ❤️🙏🏻
Teach farmers how to use chemicals optimally.. dosage determines whether a substance is poison or not. Don't know what this obsession with organic is based on.
Basically because of Soil extinction. The more microbes you kill off, the more reliant the soil becomes on synthetic fertilizer while also killing the soil. Dead soil becomes sand which is un farmable.
The actual crime of the chemical fertilizers is that they kill off the microbes in soil. Hence it becomes sterile and unsustainable to agriculture and more fertilizers are needed. Thus the vicious circle!!!!!
collopse of tourist industry is main cause ...while very high ext debt only made it very quick...
So, it's not organic farming that directly put Sri Lanka to this state, but rather, bad policies. You can't just expect the entire country to switch to organic farming overnight. Sri Lanka should have done this gradually and thoroughly. Oh well, they are already years too late for that
china or any other country cannot do it. don't be much depended on them. try contacting me personally me ashish Das urf Ashish boora urf Ashish.
Chemical does what, hope people understood but after so many yrs of its use n it feeding large mass. One should have shifted completely towards organic in 5-10 yrs time.