Environment

Japanese inspired Tibetan farming in India

Dec

30

Phayal.com, reports that in January the exiled Prime Minister of Tibet will travel to Tibetan villages in India to promote organic farming. The Prime Minister has been inspired, in part, by the the natural farming guru, Masanobu Fukuoka. In the 1940s, Fukuoka, who was educated as a microbiologist in Japan, developed a method of farming that requires no tilling, weeding, pesticides or fertilizer. His book, One-Straw Revolution, explains how to "let nature do the work." Fukuoka himself traveled to India to receive recognition for his work.


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