Editing Masanobu Fukuoka (section)

==Awards==
In 1988, Fukuoka received the [[Visva-Bharati University]]'s Desikottam Award<ref name="Japan for Sustainability News">[http://www.japanfs.org/en/mailmagazine/newsletter/pages/027813.html "Japanese Farmer-Philosopher Masanobu Fukuoka: Natural Farming Greening the Deserts" Japan for Sustainability Newsletter 2006 May. (English)] [http://www.japanfs.org/ja/join/newsletter/pages/027345.html –Japanese page.] (Retrieved 5 January 2011)</ref> as well as the [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Public Service in the Philippines,<ref name="Ramon Magsaysay Award-Cita">{{Cite web |url=http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationFukuokaMas.htm |title="The 1988 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service - CITATION for Masanobu Fukuoka |access-date=22 September 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100529202344/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationFukuokaMas.htm |archive-date=29 May 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref> often considered "Asia's Nobel Prize".<ref>The 1988 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service. [http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Response/ResponseFukuokaMas.htm "RESPONSE of Masanobu Fukuoka 31 August 1988".] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110507080702/http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Response/ResponseFukuokaMas.htm |date=7 May 2011 }} The Ramon Magsaysay Award Foundation website. (Retrieved 15 December 2010)."In electing Masanobu Fukuoka to receive the 1988 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Public Service, the Board of Trustees recognizes his demonstration to small farmers everywhere that natural farming offers a practical, environmentally safe, and bountiful alternative to modern commercial practices and their harmful consequences".</ref>

In March 1997, the Earth Summit+5 forum in Rio de Janeiro presented him with the Earth Council Award, received in person at a ceremony in Tokyo on 26 May of that year,<ref name="Earth Council Awards Japan 1997 Gov page">{{in lang|ja}} [http://www.env.go.jp/press/press.php?serial=23 Earth Council Awards 1997 Japan - Japanese Government Environment department website press release] (Japanese only; Retrieved 30 November 2010)</ref> honouring him for his contributions to sustainable development.<ref name="Japan for Sustainability News" />

In 1998, 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.<ref name="Rockefeller-$10000">{{cite web|url=http://www.rbf.org/ramongrant98.html |title=Rockefeller Brothers Fund - 1998 Grants made in 1998 |access-date=22 September 2010 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030223001409/http://www.rbf.org/ramongrant98.html |archive-date=23 February 2003 }}. "As a contribution toward the publication of a textbook, 'Natural Farming - How to Make Clayballs'."</ref>