Editing Masanobu Fukuoka (section)

==Influence==
[[File:One Straw Revolution.jpg|thumb|upright|Book cover of Gurmukhi translation of ''One Straw Revolution'' by Rishi Miranshah]]
In the international development of the [[organic farming]] movement, Fukuoka is considered to be amongst the "five giant personalities who inspired the movement"<ref name="giants">''The Economics of Organic Farming: An International Perspective'', edited by N. H. Lampkin, S. Padel, p. 12. University of California. CAB International, 1994. {{ISBN|0-85198-911-X}}</ref> along with Austrian [[Rudolf Steiner]], German-Swiss [[Bioland|Hans Müller]], [[Lady Eve Balfour]] in the United Kingdom and [[J. I. Rodale]] in the United States.

His books are considered both farming compendiums and guides to a way of life.<ref name="Toyoda 2008-9 Japan Spotlight"/>{{Rp|(1)}}

''The One-Straw Revolution'' has been translated into over 20 languages and sold more than one million copies<ref name="Toyoda 2008-9 Japan Spotlight" /> and Fukuoka has been widely influential, inspiring an international movement of individuals discovering and applying his principles to varying degrees,<ref name="Toyoda 2008-9 Japan Spotlight" /> such as Akinori Kimura,<ref name="Akinori Kimura's Miracle Apples Nature Farming">[http://imaginepeace.com/miracleapples/ Akinori Kimura's "Miracle Apples"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125092110/http://imaginepeace.com/miracleapples/ |date=25 November 2010 }}(Retrieved 30 November 2010)</ref> [[David Mas Masumoto]]<ref>Pruning the past, shaping the future: David Mas Masumoto and organic nothingness Chou, Shiuh-huah Serena. MELUS, 22 June 2009</ref> and [[Yoshikazu Kawaguchi]],<ref name="Kato Nagoya-U">{{Cite journal
  | last = Kato
  | first = Sadamichi
  | title = 'Body and Earth Are Not Two' : Kawaguchi Yoshikazu's NATURAL FARMING and American Agriculture Writers
  | journal = Gengo Bunka Ronshū = Studies in Language and Culture
 |script-journal=ja:言語文化論集 |trans-journal=Studies in Language and Culture
  | volume = 25
|url=http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/proj/genbunronshu/25-1/25-1.html
  | issue = 1
  | pages = 23–30
  | publisher = 名古屋大学大学院国際言語文化研究科 [Graduate School of Languages and Cultures, Nagoya University]
  | year = 2003
  | issn = 0388-6824
  | hdl = 2237/7865
 }}
</ref> and has significantly influenced alternative movements in the West, such as [[permaculture]].<ref>{{cite news |title=The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka - book review |first=Bill |last=Mollison |newspaper=[[Nation Review]] |date=15–21 September 1978 |page=18 }}</ref><ref name="pc temperate">The Earth Care Manual: A Permaculture Handbook For Britain & Other Temperate Climates.  Whitefield, Patrick, Permanent Publications, July 2004. 'The work of the Japanese farmer, scientist and sage Masanobu Fukuoka has been very influential in the permaculture movement worldwide.'</ref>

[[Rosana Tositrakul]], a Thai activist and politician, spent a year studying with Fukuoka on his farm. She then organised a visit by Fukuoka to the [[Kut Chum District]] of [[Yasothon Province]] in northeastern Thailand, which, together with his books, were influential in the rapid and widespread adoption of organic and [[chemical-free]] rice farming in the district.<ref>{{Cite journal | last = Parnwell | first = Michael J.G. | year = 2005 | title = The Power to Change: Rebuilding Sustainable Livelihoods in North-East Thailand | journal = Journal of Transdisciplinary Environmental Studies | volume = 4 | issue = 2 | pages = 1–21 | publisher = Department of East Asian Studies, University of Leeds | place = UK | issn = 1602-2297 | url = http://www.journal-tes.dk/vol_4_no_2/NO4_MI_l.PDF | access-date = 1 January 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20180422093144/http://journal-tes.dk/vol_4_no_2/NO4_MI_l.PDF | archive-date = 22 April 2018 | url-status = dead }}</ref>