{"id":13756,"date":"2022-05-11T17:32:09","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T15:32:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/non-classifiee\/syngenta-bosss-call-to-abandon-organic-farming-provokes-strong-reactions\/"},"modified":"2024-03-28T15:51:13","modified_gmt":"2024-03-28T14:51:13","slug":"syngenta-bosss-call-to-abandon-organic-farming-provokes-strong-reactions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lameche.net\/en\/news-from-the-front\/syngenta-bosss-call-to-abandon-organic-farming-provokes-strong-reactions\/","title":{"rendered":"Syngenta boss&#8217;s call to abandon organic farming provokes strong reactions"},"content":{"rendered":"<div  class=\"tatsu-SyDcfLtUc tatsu-section  tatsu-fullscreen tatsu-bg-overlay   tatsu-clearfix\" data-title=\"\"  data-headerscheme=\"background--dark\"><div class=\"tatsu-fullscreen-wrap\"><div class='tatsu-section-pad clearfix' data-padding='{\"d\":\"0px 0px 0px 0px\"}' data-padding-top='0px'><div class=\"tatsu-row-wrap  tatsu-wrap tatsu-row-one-col tatsu-row-has-one-cols tatsu-medium-gutter tatsu-reg-cols  tatsu-clearfix tatsu-B1gD9zUt85\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-row \" ><div  class=\"tatsu-column  tatsu-column-no-bg tatsu-one-col tatsu-column-image-none tatsu-column-effect-none  tatsu-rJ-wqGUYLc\"  data-parallax-speed=\"0\" style=\"\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-inner \" ><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad-wrap\"><div class=\"tatsu-column-pad\" ><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-inline-text clearfix tatsu-SypYELtLq   \" ><style>.tatsu-SypYELtLq .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;text-align: left;}@media only screen and (max-width: 767px) {.tatsu-SypYELtLq .tatsu-inline-text-inner{width: 100%;}}<\/style><div class=\"tatsu-inline-text-inner tatsu-align-center\">\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">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&#8217;s a simplistic view of the problem, to say the least, and one that also obscures the responsibility of the agro-industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"swatch-white\">&#8220;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,&#8221; explains Knut Schmidtke,&nbsp;head of the Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (Fibl) in Frick, Aargau.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div  class=\"tatsu-module tatsu-normal-button tatsu-button-wrap   tatsu-SJXDcGIY8c   \"><a class=\"tatsu-shortcode mediumbtn tatsu-button left-icon rounded   bg-animation-none  \" href=\"https:\/\/www.rts.ch\/info\/monde\/13077059-le-patron-de-syngenta-appelle-a-abandonner-lagriculture-biologique.html\" style=\"\" aria-label=\"RTS (FR)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RTS (FR)<\/a><style>.tatsu-SJXDcGIY8c .tatsu-button{background-color: rgba(255,255,255,1);color: rgba(65,117,5,1) ;border-width: 1px;border-color: rgba(65,117,5,1); 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