It’s almost fashionable to eat organic food, but a new research in UK attempts to crop the growth of the organic food movement...
Right from their school days, Indians have been taught about the Green Revolution that swept across the country in the 60s and 70s and how it revolutionised the way farming was done. By using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and modern, high-yield seeds, farmers were able to swiftly multiply their production and presto, it had turned out to be the boon Indians had long been praying for! Except, as years went by, farmers began to suffer from respiratory problems, memory disorders, dermatological conditions etc. due to contact with or inhalation of the insecticide sprays. Pesticide residues began to be found in the systems of people, and some pesticides were found to even be potent enough to do serious damage to a child’s nervous system. It is of little wonder then that both farmers and consumers have steadily been taking a U-turn and going back to naturally cultivated ‘organic’ food. So when London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) recently took out a paper which said, “...there are no important differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits, of organic food when compared with conventionally produced food,” people in support of the organic movement were left aghast, while companies involved in making fertilisers, pesticides and the like cheered.
“Anything which is polluted, has to have a problem,” says MD & Global CEO of Organic India, Mr. Krishan Guptaa. “Recently, I was in Malihabad, which is in Lucknow, and it is where we grow Dussehri mangoes. The first thing a farmer told me was, ‘Sir, we were very happy 20 years ago, till the time we were not using any sprays or insecticides on our plants.’ They say they started spraying once and after some years they had to spray twice, and now they have to spray at least four times to keep the crop protected. They were saying that in cattle there were problems, in the water there are problems, and when they are spraying this stuff they are inhaling all the problems! This is why they have to be on regular medicine.
Right from their school days, Indians have been taught about the Green Revolution that swept across the country in the 60s and 70s and how it revolutionised the way farming was done. By using synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and modern, high-yield seeds, farmers were able to swiftly multiply their production and presto, it had turned out to be the boon Indians had long been praying for! Except, as years went by, farmers began to suffer from respiratory problems, memory disorders, dermatological conditions etc. due to contact with or inhalation of the insecticide sprays. Pesticide residues began to be found in the systems of people, and some pesticides were found to even be potent enough to do serious damage to a child’s nervous system. It is of little wonder then that both farmers and consumers have steadily been taking a U-turn and going back to naturally cultivated ‘organic’ food. So when London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) recently took out a paper which said, “...there are no important differences in the nutrition content, or any additional health benefits, of organic food when compared with conventionally produced food,” people in support of the organic movement were left aghast, while companies involved in making fertilisers, pesticides and the like cheered.
“Anything which is polluted, has to have a problem,” says MD & Global CEO of Organic India, Mr. Krishan Guptaa. “Recently, I was in Malihabad, which is in Lucknow, and it is where we grow Dussehri mangoes. The first thing a farmer told me was, ‘Sir, we were very happy 20 years ago, till the time we were not using any sprays or insecticides on our plants.’ They say they started spraying once and after some years they had to spray twice, and now they have to spray at least four times to keep the crop protected. They were saying that in cattle there were problems, in the water there are problems, and when they are spraying this stuff they are inhaling all the problems! This is why they have to be on regular medicine.
Source : IIPM Editorial, 2012.
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