the practice or system, formerly used in Kent, of sowing barley, legumes, and wheat in continuous rotation without the land be allowed to lie…

The land of a farm which lies around or near the homestead, as opposed to the outlying parts, which are usually on higher ground and may consist of…

Archaeology. = cultivation terrace n. at cultivation, n. compounds 2.

Intense cultivation of land, crops, or plants. rare.

the cultivation of hillsides in terraces.

the tillage or cultivation of soil with minimum disturbance (typically without ploughing) so as to control erosion and conserve soil moisture.

The cultivation or exploitation of a single crop, or the maintenance of a single kind of animal, to the exclusion of others. Also figurative.

a system of land cultivation in which the land was divided up into long narrow strips and allocated to different peasant-farmers.

The simultaneous cultivation or exploitation of several different crops or animals. Cf. monoculture, n. 1.

A method of cultivation used in the Indus basin in Pakistan and northern India in which the land is irrigated by flood-water from the rivers.

any of several forms of agriculture in which an area of ground is cleared of vegetation and cultivated for a (usually small) number of years and…

(a) = strip farming n. below; (b) Archaeology the practice of using strip lynchets in farming.

= shifting cultivation n.

(a) U.S. a system of land cultivation in which crops of different types and habits of growth are sown alternatively in strips along the contours of a…

In parts of India: a piece of land from which jungle has been cleared, used for cultivation. Also: the system of cultivation based on such land…

the construction of terraces along the contours of land.

= strip farming n. above.

The cultivation of monocrops; = monoculture, n. 1a.