natural cultivation; nature farming
Farming method that avoids artificial fertilizers and pesticides, often contrasted with organic farming in its stricter reliance on natural ecosystems.
This farmer grows vegetables using natural cultivation.
Natural cultivation uses no chemical fertilizers or pesticides at all.
有機栽培 (organic farming) permits certain natural pesticides and fertilizers, while 自然栽培 is stricter, often using no external inputs.
無農薬栽培 simply means pesticide-free cultivation, but may still use chemical fertilizers, unlike 自然栽培.
Compound of 自然 (natural) and 栽培 (cultivation). The term gained recognition through the work of farmer and author Masanobu Fukuoka, who advocated 'do-nothing' farming.