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PLANET EARTH: OUR LOVING HOME
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi’s Natural Farming Method - P1/2 (In Japanese)
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Today’s Planet Earth:
Our Loving Home
will be presented
in Japanese,
with subtitles in Arabic,
Aulacese (Vietnamese),
Chinese, English,
French, German,
Indonesian, Japanese,
Korean, Malay,
Persian, Portuguese,
Russian, Thai
and Spanish.
Hallo, splendid viewers,
and welcome to
Planet Earth:
Our Loving Home.
Today we will explore
a wonderful method
of natural farming
from Japan.
Mr. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi
has been practicing
what he calls the
“Natural Farming” method
in Sakurai City,
Nara Prefecture, Japan
for 30 years.
This method is gentle
to both the environment
and our bodies, because
it complements nature well.
He developed
this eco-friendly style
of agriculture
after falling ill from
the chemical fertilizers
he routinely applied
to his crops.
Mr. Kawaguchi
also started the Akame
Natural Farming School
19 years ago for those
who wished to be trained
in Natural Farming.
Students can learn
the system
through actual practice
in rice fields.
The Natural Farming
method uses no fertilizers
or chemicals,
very little water and
adheres to the philosophy
that crops should be
allowed to grow freely and
thus human intervention
is required only when
absolutely necessary.
Let us now meet the wise
Mr. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi.
To begin Mr. Kawaguchi,
would you please explain
the Natural Farming
method that you
have been practicing?
Well, the basic point
of this specific practice
is to never plow the fields.
It is not necessary
to plow at all.
Also, we don't need
fertilizers at all.
We don't need to
bring in anything
from other places.
And weeds and insects
are not enemies.
Moreover, the most
important principle
is that we grow crops
according to
the environment.
In a warm place
or climate,
we grow plants that like
warm temperatures,
while in a cold place
we grow plants
that like the cold climate.
In short, we grow
according to the climate
or the characteristics
of the particular land.
Then, there is a property
to each plant, so we should
follow and accept it.
We should leave the life
of that particular plant
alone.
We leave it
as untouched as possible,
but we do lend our hand
a little as needed so that
the particular crops
grow well.
It is the way
of natural cultivation.
I see. Then, you mean
that crops can grow
healthy and vigorously
without any fertilizer
and pesticides, right?
Yes, exactly.
Crops would grow
very vigorously
without those things.
In agriculture today
it is far from
what the proper method
of agriculture should be.
It neglects
the natural world,
and is contrary to
the law of nature,
and puts a heavy load
on our environment.
Therefore,
this cultivation method
never consumes
the limited resources
of the Earth,
or contaminates water,
Mother Earth, or the air,
all of which are invaluable
to our environment.
This is how this method is.
I see.
I understand
there are both “useful”
and “harmful” bugs
for agriculture.
But according to you,
there is no difference
between these,
and even so-called
“harmful” bugs exist
because they should.
Am I right?
Well, the entire balance
would be upset
if we humans
for some reason define
the different species as
enemies or harmful insects
according to
our convenience
and terminate them.
It is best for them to be
left alone in their place.
If we follow agriculture
that goes along with
the natural way,
then a rice insect doesn’t
turn out to be harmful.
By the way, there is
in fact an occasion when
rice is actually damaged
by these rice insects.
Since the number of
rice insects has increased
tremendously, rice
has been totally eaten up.
This is not because
it is a harmful insect, but
we have made a mistake
in the cultivation method.
We cultivate and apply
large quantities
of fertilizers;
a lot of rice insects
proliferate and
the crops are damaged.
But regardless of
the differences between
harmful and useful insects,
all life is left alone, and
thus the entire balance
is maintained.
The Natural Farming
method does not require
any special technique.
When we can find something
that nature needs,
we simply give
a helping hand.
Then we can keep on
receiving the blessings
from nature.
You mean that animals,
plants, and humans
should live together as one
through interdependence?
Is that right?
It is how
this natural world is made,
so existing through
co-reliance is the key.
Many different kinds
and species of life are
now living or have lived.
And also
there are the to-be-born.
So, birth and death
are cycling, and this is
what the world of life is like.
Life both in the future
and in the past
live together and
carry on within the life
existing here and now.
This is how it works.
We have to realize this.
For instance, rice cannot
live alone in a rice field.
And it is the same
that humans cannot
exist alone on Earth.
Thus, many lives, many
kinds of flora and fauna
exist in a rice field
according to its season.
It is best for us to let nature
take care of things.
And it is not ideal
if anything is taken away
for humans’ convenience
because they are all one.
But they are individual
and different
at the same time.
To understand this point
is important.
When we return,
Mr. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi
will further introduce us
to the Natural Farming
method.
Please stay tuned
to Supreme Master
Television.
Welcome back to
Planet Earth:
Our Loving Home where
we are speaking with
Mr. Yoshikazu Kawaguchi
from Sakurai City,
Nara Prefecture, Japan
about the Natural
Farming method.
He now further discusses
the issue of weeds that
appear when growing rice.
In contrast to those
who use conventional
farming techniques,
Mr. Kawaguchi has quite
a different perspective
as to how weeds
affect rice crops.
By the way, we consider
weeds to be enemies,
because we see
our precious rice crops
being overtaken by weeds
beneath our feet.
Rice crops are certainly
overtaken by weeds.
They grow stronger
and more vigorously
than rice crops.
When we compare
one rice plant with a weed,
a weed is stronger,
because
it is a summer grass.
Some weeds grow
in a group and
occupy a space to grow.
If such is the case,
rice crops are certainly
overtaken by those weeds.
It is common
among all plant life.
Plants will be overtaken
by weeds when they are
small and young.
And in such cases,
farmers will take good care
of young rice crops.
Just as mothers and fathers
will take good care of
their children.
Similarly, farmers
will give young crops
a helping hand
to a certain extent until they
can grow independently.
Farmers will remove weeds
from below
the rice seedlings,
but only weeds growing
in that area.
You should not remove
all the weeds
in the rice field.
Removing weeds
only in that area
will protect rice seedlings
and support them so that
they will be not overtaken
by the weeds.
The period of
planting rice seedlings
is equivalent to childhood
for humans.
So rice seedlings will be
planted in their youth,
but we plant rice seedlings
in a rice field.
And it takes about
a month for the rice
seedlings to grow
into young adulthood.
If summer grasses grow
in this period, rice crops
will be overtaken after all.
In such a case,
farmers will cut the weeds
and line the rice field
with the cut weeds.
Then the rice crops
will quickly grow
into young adulthood
after a month.
Their life-span is
half a year,
so their growth is quick.
They quickly
build their bodies.
Even after they have
built their bodies,
there are weeds below.
Various weeds are below.
Various weeds allow
various small insects
to live.
When various small insects
exist there, they will
help make plants thrive.
So they will
make rice crops thrive.
This is the cycle of life.
According to
Mr. Kawaguchi,
nature alone provides
all the nutrients
needed by the rice crops,
and weeds actually play
an integral role
in enriching the soil
for all forms of life.
We tend to think
that weeds may absorb
the nutrients that are given
for the rice crops,
and thus
crop yields may be less.
However, it is not true
in the natural world.
When rice is growing
and various weeds are
growing within its area,
the soil becomes rich.
We can notice this when
we look at things from
a little wider perspective.
All life breathes, and
collects what is necessary
from the air
to construct the body.
Rice also
constructs its body.
And a certain grass
constructs its body.
And grass B also
constructs its body
for its own life.
All plants photosynthesize
utilizing solar energy.
They grow themselves
and let the lives
transform into new plants
after a half year, so
the soil may become fertile.
This is how
the natural world works.
In the uncultivated
rice field,
bodies of once-living
organisms pile up
on and on every half year,
constructing layers
of dead organisms.
It is same with natural
forests and mountains.
The layers
of dead organisms
become the base
to nurture the lives
of the next generation.
But once
we cultivate the soil,
this will not happen.
If we don’t cultivate
and leave it to nature,
the soil becomes
richer and richer
year after year, and
it becomes the foundation
to nurture the lives
of future generations.
How does the crop output
using the Natural
Farming method compare
with conventional
farming techniques?
Roughly speaking,
crop yields harvested
under the Natural
Farming method
are neither more
nor less productive.
By the way,
“tan” is an area used
to measure rice fields.
When I was using
chemical fertilizers,
I got the output
of about 60 kilograms
of brown rice per a tan,
which means
600 kilograms
or 10 straw bags of rice
at the very most and about
eight straw bags of rice
at the very least.
So I used to get between
600 kilograms and about
500 kilograms a year.
When we adopt the
Natural Farming method,
the output would be
about 20 % less
or almost equal,
according to my estimation.
If we fail to take
good care of the crops,
we could receive
a little less than that.
We thank
Mr. Kawaguchi for
sharing his knowledge
of the Natural Farming
method.
Please be sure to join us
next Wednesday
for Part 2 of our interview
with Mr. Kawaguchi
where he will discuss
other aspects of the method
such as growing crops
using a minimal amount
of water.
For more details on
Yoshikazu Kawaguchi,
please visit
Iwazumi2000.cool.ne.jp
Thank you
for your kind company
on today’s edition of
Planet Earth:
Our Loving Home.
Up next is
Enlightening Entertainment,
following
Noteworthy News.
May we all treasure the
splendid flora and fauna
around us.
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