It is inevitable that in very populous countries such as China and India — where the arable land and irrigation water necessary for agriculture are diminishing on a per capita basis — that more productive methods will be important, and that these land and water resources must be protected. Thus, as Swami Nathan has noted, organic agriculture should be assessed [...]
Get the answer: Are Organic Products Profitable? It is clear that in many cases organic products sell in consumer markets for a higher value, but it is less clear the extent to which farmers share in this benefit. In some cases (Maharashtra, Karnataka) where a beneficent NGO intercedes on behalf of the producers, they tend to receive a reasonable share [...]
Although a few farm groups or communities converted their entire production to organic (i.e. Jianxi, China and Maharashtra, India), the majority did not. Some farmers took a cautious approach and converted one product or field first. The comparison between farms in marginal conditions and those in comparatively better conditions illustrate some of the differences in farmers' willingness to undertake a [...]