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.
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.