Saturday, October 06, 2007

Organic Farming, Some Realities

Via John Phipps, a Cornell professor's observations on some practicalities of going purely organic in Bangladesh. (A quick summary--organic nitrogen isn't available in big enough quantities and in a form that can be moved without animal/machine transport. Green manure crops compete with existing food crops.) He doesn't describe the existing mechanisms for producing and distributing nonorganic nitrogen (apparently the main nutrient needed).

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