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

Sir Albert Howard (often confused with John Howard) is widely considered the father of modern organic agriculture due to his pioneering work on composting and natural farming practices.

Answer 2

Elimination by contribution: Nicholas Lampkin is a modern agricultural economist known for authoring textbooks on organic farming practice, not for founding the movement. Lord Northbourne only coined the term organic farming in 1940, decades after the foundational scientific work had begun. Masanobu Fukuoka pioneered natural farming in Japan, a related but distinct philosophy developed later.
The pioneering figure was Sir Albert Howard, whose Indore composting method and holistic soil-health research in the early twentieth century laid the scientific foundation of the organic movement, which is why he is honoured with this title, and in question banks his surname Howard is sometimes listed on its own.
Eliminating the other three by chronology and scope of contribution leaves the option naming Howard as correct.