Masanobu Fukuoka, born on February 2, 1913, in Minamiyamasaki-son, Iyo-gun, Ehime Prefecture (now Iyo City), charted an unorthodox yet deeply influential path in farming, pioneering what he termed ‘natural farming’ or ‘do-nothing farming.’ Fukuoka’s practices minimized human intervention, emphasizing the crucial role of natural processes in maximizing crop outputs. …