Sri Lanka
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At a glance
| Source | Author | Role | In one line |
|---|---|---|---|
| Not the End of the World | Hannah Ritchie | subject | Ritchie uses Sri Lanka’s 2021 ban on fertiliser imports, an attempt to go organic overnight, as a real-world experiment. |
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Not the End of the World — Hannah Ritchie (2024)
Source: Not the End of the World · Readwise highlight
As I write this, it’s creating havoc for farmers across Sri Lanka.
- Role: subject
- In the book: Ritchie uses Sri Lanka’s 2021 ban on fertiliser imports, an attempt to go organic overnight, as a real-world experiment. Food production plummeted, vegetable prices rose more than five-fold, and the government was trying to reverse the policy.
- Why it matters: It is the book’s concrete case against a blanket move to organic farming, and a cautionary example. The place carries the argument as evidence, so another country would change the facts.