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Masanobu Fukuoka
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese farmer and philosopher celebrated for his natural farming and re-vegetation of desertified lands. He was a proponent of no-till, herbicide and pesticide-free cultivation methods from which he created a particular method of agriculture, commonly referred to as "natural farming" or "do-nothing farming".
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culture · Japanese farmer and philosopher (1913–2008) · agronomist · teacher · philosopher · writer · farmer · botanist · environmentalist · microbiologist · also Masanobu Fukuoka, Fukuoka
Born 2 February 1913 · Died 16 August 2008 · Q334997
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2026· 4 entries
パ・リーグ.com: Ryosuke Otsu pitches 8 innings, allowing only 1 runs, to reach his first career 10-win season. Fukuoka Softbank Hawks win thanks to a strong performance from both pitchers and hitters.
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hiphopnewscs.jp: Fukuoka & Kyushu Rap Atlas: 9 Artists and 35 Years
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ldh.co.jp: Fukuoka show on 8/28 (Fri.) Notice on schedule and location of goods sales at "BALLISTIK BOYZ LIVE TOUR 2026 'BEAT BLAST Z'"
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2010· 1 entry
Published “Gefitinib versus cisplatin plus docetaxel in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer harbouring mutations of the epidermal growth factor receptor (WJTOG3405): an open label, randomised phase 3 trial” in The Lancet Oncology — cited 3,276 times.
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2009· 1 entry
Published “Gefitinib or Carboplatin–Paclitaxel in Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma” in New England Journal of Medicine — cited 6,797 times.
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2008· 3 entries
Died 2008-08-16.
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“The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings.”
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“My ultimate dream is to sow seeds in the desert. To revegetate the deserts is to sow seed in people's hearts.”
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2005· 1 entry
Gave a brief lecture at the World Expo in Aichi Prefecture, Japan, and in May 2006 he appeared in an hour-long interview on Japanese television network NHK
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2003· 1 entry
Published “Multi-Institutional Randomized Phase II Trial of Gefitinib for Previously Treated Patients With Advanced Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer” in Journal of Clinical Oncology — cited 2,420 times.
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2001· 1 entry
And in 2002 he returned again to India to speak at the "Nature as Teacher" workshop at Navdanya Farm and at Bija Vidyapeeth Earth University in Dehradun, Uttarakhand in northern India
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1998· 2 entries
Carrying out Natural Farming research, and visited Greece later that year to assist plans to re-vegetate 10,000 hectares (40 sq
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Fukuoka received a grant of US$10,000 from the Rockefeller Brothers Fund, but the grant was returned because his advanced age prevented him from completing the project
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1996· 1 entry
Returned to Africa, sowing seeds in desert areas of Tanzania, observing baobab trees and jungle country
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1990· 1 entry
And 1991, visiting farms and collecting seeds for re-vegetating deserts in India, which he returned to during November and December that year in an attempt to re-vegetate them
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1988· 3 entries
Awarded Ramon Magsaysay Award (1988).
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Fukuoka received the Visva-Bharati University's Desikottam Award as well as the Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service in the Philippines, often considered "Asia's Nobel Prize"
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Lectured at the Indian Science Congress, state agricultural universities and other venues
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1985· 1 entry
Spent 40 days in Somalia and Ethiopia, sowing seeds to re-vegetate desert areas, including working in remote villages and a refugee camp
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1983· 1 entry
Travelled to Europe for 50 days holding workshops, educating farmers and sowing seeds
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1947· 1 entry
Took up natural farming again with success, using no-till farming methods to raise rice and barley
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1940· 1 entry
Fukuoka married his wife Ayako, and they had five children together
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1937· 1 entry
Was hospitalised with pneumonia, and while recovering, he stated that he had a profound spiritual experience that transformed his world view and led him to doubt the practices of modern "Western" agricultural science
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1913· 1 entry
Born 1913-02-02.
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