Who is father of zero tillage?

Who is father of zero tillage?
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In Canada, the Father of Zero Tillage is Jim McCutcheon. But one of the earlier proponents of no-till might have been Masanobu Fukuoka (Japan). Masanobu Fukuoka wrote books and travelled and lectured extensively on his methods of natural farming.
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