traditional agriculture
Old-school crop cultivation
Traditional agriculture refers to farming methods passed down through generations, relying on local knowledge, human and animal labor, and natural inputs rather than synthetic chemicals or modern machinery.
Crops are often diverse and adapted to local conditions: Traditional agriculture in the region depends on seasonal rainfall.
The term usually contrasts with industrial or mechanized farming, sometimes carrying connotations of sustainability or subsistence-level production.
- intercroppingSimultaneous multi-crop cultivation
- seed savingPreserving plant material for replanting
- plowTool for turning soil
- communal farmingShared agricultural land system
- village commonsShared public land
subsistence farming · family plot · sickle · terracing · millet · soil conservation · water buffalo · hand tools · cassava · agroforestry · barley · crop rotation · oral traditions · rice paddies · planting season · rainy season · slash-and-burn · barter systems
- ethnobotanyayahuasca, peyote, coca, coca leaf, cannabis
- farming culturestraditional farming, indigenous farming, farming practices, farming techniques, subsistence farming
- indigenous lifewaysthree sisters, tribal customs, pemmican, wild rice, fishing practices
- vegetable historyheirloom varieties, ancient farming, plant cultivation, root crops, leafy greens
- Borneo peopleslonghouse, longhouses, adat, Saban, headhunting
- savannasavanna, grassland, acacia, African savannah, baobab tree
traditional agricultureindustrial agriculture
Large-scale mechanized farming
mechanized farming · factory farming · intensive agriculture · agribusiness · corporate farming