Global Crises Are Reshaping Agriculture
The radical increase in NPK input costs coupled with the rising lack of availability drove otherwise rational growers into making irrational decisions based on economic elements rather than good agricultural practices.
- Switched to Urea as a reduced-cost input alternative for NPK
- Neglected fundamental agro practices to meet short-term budget constraints
- Impact: Estimating Q1 2023 flowering and yields down 35-40%
Sri Lanka’s botched attempt to become the world’s first entirely “organic” country in 2021 underlies the risks of sudden shifts in practices without adequate preparation and consideration of of viable alternative solutions
