by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Jul 6, 2022 | Food and Nutrition
Is there a shift to organic farming occurring? There are only some parts of the world where farmers want to switch to organic farming. It is not correct to claim that farmers are switching to organic farming. Of the total global land (1.5 billion hectares), about 11%...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Nov 19, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
Organic farms rely on inter-cropping, rotation of crops, mulching, integrated pest management through biopesticides, biofertilizers like farmyard manure, organic compost, etc. Chemical pesticides and fertilizers are not used in organic farms. Organic farms require...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Oct 18, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
The US is not the biggest in organic cultivation but the largest market for organic food and products. Its demand has been put at 24.3 billion Euros. Approximately 43% of the world’s revenues from organic food come from the US alone. Other major contributors are...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | Jul 7, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
According to the World Bank, the food and agriculture industry is around 10% of the global GDP of $78 trillion. The world’s natural and organic food and retail industry is estimated in 2015 to stand at $92 billion (deduced from Statista projection figures). The...
by Sudhirahluwalia, Inc | May 27, 2021 | Food and Nutrition
Are organic food businesses profitable? This was a question that media headlines in early 2022 when Sri Lanka faced an unprecedented food and financial crisis. The country had made a decisive shift from conventional to organic farming and faced food shortages. This...