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“Ovik Mkrtchyan Quote On current trends in organic farming The wrong approach to farming, when the focus is on high yields of the fields in any way, including the use of pesticides, growth hormones and artificial fertilisers, leads to the destruction of the fertile soil layer, which can take decades to restore.”

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