Home > Terms > Spanish, Latin American (XL) > agricultura natural

agricultura natural

Masanobu Fukuoka's method for letting roots till the soil instead of machines. Decrease cultivation and you decrease weeds. Leguminous cover crops and mulching instead of fertilizer. Fukuoka practices what he calls the "no-plowing, no-fertilizing, no-weeding, no-pesticides, do-nothing method of natural farming. " To him the idea that people can grow crops is egocentric, for it is nature that grows crops. His rice yields have been impressive. (He reads like kind of a nut: lots of “man in his arrogance” soliloquizing reminiscent of Roger Payne in the seventies. )

0
Improve it
More
Collect to Blossary

Other Languages:

More

Member comments

You have to log in to post to discussions.

Related terms

agricultura
Agriculture; Animal feed

Anything having to do with farming (raising crops or livestock for food, fibre or fur; or the industry which includes marketing, processing and trade in these products).

natural
Garden; Gardening

The Platonic axiom that 'art should imitate nature', which comes from Plato's Theory of Forms, has had a profound influence on garden design. But the meaning of the term 'nature' ...

natural
Geography; Geophysics

Present in or produced by nature:

patógeno
Biology; Ecology

A microorganism that makes its host sick. Certain viruses, bacteria, and authoritarian flag-waving fanatics are common examples of pathogens. They tend to be parasites that weaken ...

proteína
Biology; Ecology

Extremely complex molecules of carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, and other elements joined in chains of amino acids (peptides). Protein constitutes the bulk of living matter, gives it ...

eucariota
Biology; Ecology

An organism with a membraned cell nucleus. See Prokaryote.

organogénesis
Biology; Ecology

The start of organ formation in the embryo.

porosidad
Biology; Ecology

The amount of space within rocks or soils.

selva
Biology; Ecology

An evergreen forest growing in a wt, humid climate. Rainforest coverage prevents desertification and drought and hosts more than half the world's animal species. Every day ...

Terms in the News

Featured Terms

Gabriela Lozano
  • 0

    Terms

  • 0

    Blossaries

  • 7

    Followers

Industry/Domain: Animals Category: Snakes

cobra

A highly venomous snake from the elapidae family native to Asia and Africa. When alarmed, a cobra raises its head and expands the skin of the neck to ...

Contributor

Featured blossaries

Must-Try Philippine Delicacies

Category: Food   4 20 Terms

Social Psychology PSY240 Exam 1

Category: Science   1 5 Terms

Browers Terms By Category

TERMS

SOCIAL

EXTRAS

SOLUTIONS