> The drastic move to organic farming is puzzling.
That's because it was a desperate response to a currency crisis.
They couldn't pay to import fertilizer, so the government trotted out the absurd idea of using domestically produced fertilizer.
The whole "organic" thing was a red herring to dress up what was a last ditch attempt to compensate for gross mismanagement of the economy.
Unfortunately, a lot of politically motivated folks have bought into this narrative--either deliberately or unwittingly--and are using it to attack sustainability initiatives, not recognizing that they're falling for simple propaganda (see cloutchaser's comment in this thread for a good example of that).
That's because it was a desperate response to a currency crisis.
They couldn't pay to import fertilizer, so the government trotted out the absurd idea of using domestically produced fertilizer.
The whole "organic" thing was a red herring to dress up what was a last ditch attempt to compensate for gross mismanagement of the economy.
Unfortunately, a lot of politically motivated folks have bought into this narrative--either deliberately or unwittingly--and are using it to attack sustainability initiatives, not recognizing that they're falling for simple propaganda (see cloutchaser's comment in this thread for a good example of that).