Environment

Indian farmers return to old methods

Jan

10

Organic skeptics will often bring up the benefits that the 'green revolution' and modern fertilizers have given to the developing world. So it was interesting to read this story in The Hindu about India's Organic Farmers Association, which now has 10,000 members.

Use of organic methods for crop cultivation is no rocket science, according to [Mr. R. Ranganathan, President of the Organic Farmers Association]. "These traditional methods were used for decades, but forgotten along the way and now have been rediscovered as safe and affordable alternatives," he explains.


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