Could organic farming solve the world's food problems?

Could organic farming solve the world's food problems?

The world's food problem is not that there isn't enough food. The problem lies within the distribution of the food. Arguably, you could say there are food problems in this country with obesity, but generally, food problems occur where there isn't enough food, typically in poorer countries and developing countries. It is much more sustainable to have farmers using nature and organic food as a way of building fertility and controlling pests, than getting them dependent on pesitcides and other chemicals. What happened in India, during the green revolution, was that chemical companies marketed their products to these poor, poverty stricken farmers, promising them increased yeild. Actually, the result was a food problem: they then got locked into this cycle of dependence on chemicals and they couldn't afford to buy them. They couldn't afford to feed their families and send their children to school. It is a much more sustainable way of farming to use organic farming and natural methods. Certainly, what's happening in Ethiopia - the poster boy of poverty and famine - is that the agriculture minister is encouraging the farmers to use organic methods because they see that as most important, surefire way to feed their population.