[wilburTheDog]

Sri Lanka is an interesting case study. President Rajapaksa suddenly banned using pesticides and synthetic fertilizers. It caused significant reductions in crop yields and ended up costing the country a great deal of money. This article in Vox seems to cover it in a pretty balanced way (https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/2022/7/15/23218969/sri-la...).

I like organic farming. I use an organic approach for my home garden. But yields are lower than with conventional farming. Even the most positive studies agree on that (see https://news.berkeley.edu/2014/12/09/organic-conventional-fa...). It also takes more effort, which means more people would have to be farmers than currently.