The war in Ukraine poses a real threat to poor countries and is causing a food crisis. But according to Syngenta boss Erik Fyrwald. organic farming is also responsible for the food shortage. Too unproductive, harmful to the climate, responsible for famine, really? It’s a simplistic view of the problem, to say the least, and one that also obscures the responsibility of the agro-industry.
“On the contrary, solving famine in the long term will only be possible by making Africa less dependent on imports, seeds and plant protection products,” explains Knut Schmidtke, head of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Fibl) in Frick, Aargau.
