Rishikesh

We see that promoters of natural farming are into a fight with those who believe in organic farming. I feel this is unfortunate. I must confess I am not an authority on either methods. I am the son of a farmer and I have remained that. Most of my obsession is limited to enjoying reading and writing about agriculture, mother of all cultures. The fight, however intellectual, between the two systems is unnecessary and avoidable. The fundamental principle behind each is the same. (Their results are the same too.) That is the Buddhist principle of living close to nature. Musanobu Fukuoka, the father of natural farming, says that one who starts organic farming ends up being a natural farmer. I feel the ego of promoters of the two systems has led to the fight. It is their unwillingness to learn and lack of humility to accept that some truth could lie on the other side. Similar fights have been between believers of different ideologies, processes, methods and faiths and even technologies. Unli...