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Fukuoka had warned of disaster in B'lore

By Subhash Chandra NS, DH News Service, Bangalore: Natural farming pioneer and Ramon Magsaysay award winner, Masanobu Fukuoka, who passed away in Japan on Sunday night, had warned of disasters in Bangalore City if its green cover was continuously depleted. Even as the world of organic and natural farmers mourns Fukuoka's death, City-based farmer Narayana Reddy recollects the late pioneer's visit to Bangalore in 1988.