Organic farming not automatic best option for developing world
Publication: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The OECD Observer
Date: Sunday, July 1 2001
Agriculture and Sustainable Development
HEADNOTEMODERATOR: SOPHIA LAMBERT, DIRECTOR, WILDLIFE AND COUNTRYSIDE, DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT
JEAN-ROBERT ESTIME, CHEMONICS INTERNATIONAL, DIRECTOR, PROGRAMME LDI / USAID MADAGASCAR, MADAGASCAR
HEADNOTEUZ HOPKINS, DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL UNION FOR CONSERVATION OF NATURE, NETHERLANDS
HANS JOEHR, ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT, NESTLE S.A., SWITZERLAND SUNG-HOON KIM, SPECIAL ADVISOR, KOREAN FEDERATION OF FARMERS ORGANIZATIONS, FORMER MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, KOREA
HEADNOTEHECTOR TORRES, ARGENTINIAN DELEGATION TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION
Organic farming is not always the best option to boost agricultural production in developing countries, according to Jean-Robert Estime. "In Madagascar, we have many rural, small farmers who have never used chemicals and some utilisation of chemicals may be necessary for development," said Estime. "Trade liberalisation and market reform is not enough. Farmers must have access to packages including technical assistance, credit and inputs."
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