"In Sri Lanka, in April, the national government decreed that the country would return to 100% organic agriculture. It banned fertilizer imports, but then reality set in. Sri Lanka has now partially rescinded its decree because dire results were predicted — a 43% diminution in crop yields. Sri Lanka's economy is agrarian, reliant on producing staple food crops like rice and maize to feed its population. It had to pivot because human needs bumped up hard against fervent idealism. "