Inspired by a Japanese Book, Kerala Woman Helped 30000 Farmers Save India’s Forgotten Rice

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• Usha Soolapani, an agriculture officer in Palakkad, Kerala, was inspired by the Japanese book The One-Straw Revolution to farm without chemicals.
• She watched Kerala's paddy ecosystem decline as cultivation costs rose, grain prices stagnated and wetlands gave way to real estate.