"At the root of this economic catastrophe is a bizarre overnight flip by Rajapaksa’s government on 29 April to ban the import of chemical fertilisers and any other agrochemicals to make the Indian Ocean nation the first in the world to practice organic-only agriculture. The result: prices of daily food items like sugar, rice and onions have soared over twice, with sugar even touching record Rs 200/kg"
Fortunately, Western environmentalists won't be affected - they can continue arguing about the need for a transition to organic-only farming while sipping their organic kombucha made by what is left of Sri-Lankan tea industry - which they can afford thanks to welfare created in their countries by cheap food from modern agriculture 🤷
@kravietz lets discredit them effeminate tea sipping western environmentalists by blaming them for any and all government actions towards sustainability (including the timing of measures and precise apportioning of pain)
Unfortunately, majority of that farming-related activism does indeed originate from European and US "environmental" NGOs. They apply heavy pressure and misinformation on African or Asian governments, for example to prevent them from using genetically engineered crops that would improve health and well-being of farmers there.
It was specifically Greenpeace that was fiercely battling Golden Rice in the situation where thousands of people suffer from vitamin A deficit.
