Agricultural land is considered a vital national resource, and planning policy is designed to protect it, hence posing challenges for residential development.
It did not slowly become a dominant crop as a substitute plant, but through its early integration into a labour-intensive manuring system that already existed at the time, which was mainly based on stable dung.
"I made an extremely inappropriate remark at a time when consumers are struggling with soaring rice prices," Eto told reporters after submitting his resignation at the prime minister's office.
"Nothing that we're asking for is impossible or out of the ordinary at all," said Natasha Nicholes, founder and executive director of the We Sow We Grow Project, an urban farm in Chicago's West Pullman neighborhood.
"Our experiences with chickens, goats, and other livestock highlighted how challenging true self-sufficiency can be, often outweighing the initial romantic vision we had."