Environment

Extensive study shows organic farming delivering more food to Ethiopians

Jan

12

More news is coming in to support the idea that Organic agriculture can actually increase crop yields in the developing world.

A ten-year experimental project co-organised by an Ethiopian NGO and the government's agriculture bureau has shown that farms using organic compost are producing higher yields, sometimes double, compared with those using chemical fertilisers, according to Dr Tewolde Berhan Gebre Egziabher, Director-General of the country's Environmental Protection Authority.
This news, along with the growth of organic farming in India suggests that some of the concerns in the recent Economist article about organic farming hurting the developing world might be unwarranted.


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