farming practices
How crops grow
Farming practices are the methods and techniques farmers use to cultivate crops and raise livestock.
The term encompasses everything from soil preparation and irrigation to pest control and harvesting: sustainable farming practices, traditional farming practices.
In policy and academic contexts, the phrase often appears in discussions of environmental impact or food security: Changes in farming practices have affected water quality in the region.
- cash cropsPlants grown for profit
- irrigationArtificial water supply for agriculture
- crop rotationAlternating field plantings yearly
- mulchingCovering soil protectively
- biological controlPest suppression via natural enemies
tillage · growing season · companion planting · strip cropping · plowing · terracing · intercropping · land stewardship · seed saving · agroforestry · green manure · furrows · composting · sowing · fallow · soil health · erosion control · rainwater harvesting
- farming culturestraditional farming, traditional agriculture, indigenous farming, indigenous agriculture, farming techniques
- Angolan peoplesKongo
- Local Knowledgelocal customs, dialects, landmarks, local history, native plants
- rural studiesrural communities, rural development, rural culture, village life, country life
farming practiceshunting and gathering
Nomadic food acquisition method
wild foraging · foraging · fishing · wildcrafting · gleaning
farming practicesindustrial agriculture
Large-scale mechanized farming
factory farming · organic farming · permaculture · sustainable agriculture · monoculture
farming practicesrewilding
Restoring natural ecosystems
fallow land · wilderness preservation · conservation · natural regeneration · forest restoration