Current Implementation and Experience of Natural Farming in Japan

The natural farming in Japan mainly includes Mokich Okada’s natural farming theory and Masanobu Fukuoka’s natural farming theory in terms of genre. Natural farming was proposed and implemented to deal with the anabatic soil degradation and food safety problems. Among them, Mokich Okada’s natural farming theory advocates the restoration of the agricultural tradition of the past and combination with modern agricultural science and technology; Masanobu Fukuoka’s natural farming theory advocates a complete return to natural and traditional farming and puts forward a set of green agricultural cultivation methods focusing on injurious insect control with beneficial insect, weed control with green herbaceous plants, soil reclamation with grass, nontoxic and cost-reducing method based on the Japanese ancient agricultural books. Their natural farming theories have been widely popularized and applied in Japan, and its successful experience is worthy of study and reference for China.日本的自然农法（natural farming）按流派分类，主要包含冈田茂吉（Mokichi Okada）自然农法理论与福冈正信（Masanobu Fukuoka）自然农法理论两大分支。为应对日益加剧的土壤退化与食品安全问题，自然农法被提出并付诸实践。其中，冈田茂吉自然农法理论主张复兴传统农业传统，并将其与现代农业科学技术相结合；福冈正信自然农法理论则倡导完全回归自然与传统农耕模式，并基于日本古代农书提出了一套绿色农业栽培方法：以益虫防控虫害、以青绿草本植物抑制杂草、以牧草改良土壤，同时实现无毒种植与成本削减。二者的自然农法理论已在日本得到广泛普及与应用，其成功经验值得我国学习与借鉴。