A review by storytimed
The One-Straw Revolution by Masanobu Fukuoka

4.0

This is REALLY INTERESTING
It's sort of a manual by a Japanese former agricultural scientist who inherited a piece of land from his dad, then decided to say "fuck it" to agricultural science and let his crops grow through inaction
https://www.arvindguptatoys.com/arvindgupta//onestraw.pdf you can find a pdf here with a cool preface from an Indian organic farmer about how they adapted these farming methods to their climate!
Basically the way he does it is by implementing permaculture in his farming. Like putting down a layer of mulch, refusing to plow fields to maintain the quality of soil, choosing native plants that are well-adapted to the climate, planting a diverse amount of crops that reinforce the health of the soil 
I've read some criticisms of his work that basically amount to "yeah but not all farmers can fuck around for fifteen years figuring out their perfect natural farming method through trail and error" + "of course you're gonna have an awesome farm with plants that grow naturally if your inherited plot has insanely phosporous-rich soil" 
Plus he never really had to have a working farm growing large amounts of crops for sale! Mostly he was retired and partially funded/assisted by volunteers who were interested in what he was doing
But his essential concepts seem..... p much sound from my perspective as a non-farmer? Three generations out, his family still maintains most of his farming techniques, though they do irrigate with a system closest to their neighbors 
I think the concept of this is helpful mostly for the idea of low-labor farming. Like Fukuoka's method does not actually require labor-intensive plowing and weeding, which is v helpful since he's old