abandonment of cultivation; farmland abandonment
Refers to the act of ceasing to cultivate agricultural land, often leading to fallow or neglected fields. Common in agricultural policy and rural depopulation contexts.
When abandoned farmland increases, the local landscape deteriorates.
Farmland abandonment is progressing due to the aging population.
休耕 means leaving land fallow temporarily as part of a rotation or rest period, while 耕作放棄 implies a more permanent cessation of cultivation, often due to economic or social factors.
Compound of 耕作 (cultivation) and 放棄 (abandonment). The term is a straightforward combination of its parts and is used primarily in modern agricultural and policy contexts.