In India, Subhash Palekar is a name you often hear these days. He was awarded fourth highest civilian award the Padma Shri in 2016. He is a proponent of Zero Budget Natural Farming- (which some agri bodies have claimed does not work as the claims would indicate).

A few links, if interested. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subhash_Palekar

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Masanobu_Fukuoka

http://www.palekarzerobudgetspiritualfarming.org/home.aspx