Question

Father of Modern Organic Agriculture is

• A. John Howard
• B. Nicholas Lampkin
• C. Lord Northbourne
• D. Masanobu Fukuoka

Hint:

John Howard is often mentioned in error — it's actually Sir Albert Howard credited with founding modern organic farming.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is A

Step 1: Lord Northbourne only named the concept in 1940, he did not found it.
Step 2: Lampkin and Fukuoka contributed later, to organic economics and natural farming respectively.
Step 3: Sir Albert Howard's early soil-health and composting research predates and underpins all of them.
Step 4: The correct option is the one naming Howard.