Entering a supermarket and seeing the high prices of organic food, do you feel somewhat deterred? At present, organic food still seems to be food enjoyed by the wealthy. However, a report recently released by British researchers states that with the continuous improvement of organic farming technology and the strengthening of people's environmental awareness, organic food is expected to become widespread in the future, and organic food will be placed on the dining tables of ordinary people.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11233/
Compared with non-environmentally friendly farming methods that use chemical fertilizers and pesticides, organic farming reduces pesticide spraying by 98% and fertilizer use by 95%, which can effectively prevent soil and water pollution. Organic farming can also promote employment, with agricultural hired labor able to increase by 73%. Because organic farming does not kill the grass in the fields, it can increase the number of grazing livestock in rural areas and raise the output of beef and mutton.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11233/
At present, the yield of organic crops is indeed lower than that of non-organic crops, which is an important reason for the higher prices of organic food. Scientists are currently developing some biotechnologies to increase the yield of organic crops, for example, using biological pheromones to kill pests; using satellites to monitor the spread direction of large-scale pest disasters and promptly adopting scientific methods to stop the spread of pests; using newly cultivated bacteria to ferment organic fertilizer. By developing new environmentally friendly biotechnologies and reasonably arranging farming methods, the output of organic crops can be as much as that of traditional crops. In this way, the prices of organic crops will also drop significantly.文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11233/
People are paying increasing attention to global warming. Some experts have also called for alleviating global warming by changing people's dietary habits. Producing organic crops not only avoids the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, but can also make full use of human and livestock manure and other organic waste, reducing the energy required to treat organic waste, thereby greatly reducing carbon dioxide emissions in agricultural production. In order to encourage energy conservation and emission reduction in the food industry, governments of various countries may subsidize organic agriculture, thereby lowering the selling price of organic food and making it affordable for ordinary people. Based on considerations of their own health and environmental protection, more and more people will choose organic food in the future. Government policy guidance and consumers' rational choices will become important driving forces for the development of organic agriculture. At present, organic food accounts for less than 10% of the global total, and environmentalists hope this proportion can be increased to more than 90%. British researchers say that within the next 20 years, most people will gradually choose to consume organic food, and organic farming is expected to gradually replace the existing non-environmentally friendly farming methods. Anna文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11233/
(This article is sourced from: Chengdu Daily)文章源自FOFCC-http://fofcc.org.cn/am/11233/