land cultivation
Working the earth
Land cultivation is the practice of preparing and working soil to grow crops.
It encompasses plowing, tilling, planting, and maintaining agricultural land.
The term often appears in discussions of farming methods, land use policy, and environmental impact: Intensive land cultivation has depleted the soil.
Cultivated land contrasts with wilderness or fallow ground.
- spadeFlat-bladed digging implement
- hoeWeeding and tilling implement
- tillingCultivating soil for crops
- plowTool for turning soil
- breaking groundStarting work on site
turning soil · terracing · composting · harrow · cultivator · soil · fertile ground · crop rotation · manure · green manure · mulching · tractor · dirt under nails · sowing · seed · furrow · field · back forty
- settlementvillages, towns, urban development, population growth, wells
land cultivationwilderness
Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region
virgin land · untouched land · rewilding · virgin territory · natural habitat
land cultivationfallow land
Cropless soil regaining fertility
fallow · wasteland · fallowness · set-aside · disuse
land cultivationdeforestation
Large-scale woodland elimination
urban development · desertification · land conservation · industrialization · land preservation