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Cultivation may refer to: . The state of having or expressing a good education (), refinement, culture, or high culture; Gardening; The controlled growing of organisms by humans
The Cultivated Plant Code notes that the word cultivar is used in two different senses: first, as a "classification category" the cultivar is defined in Article 2 of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (2009, 8th edition) as follows: The basic category of cultivated plants whose nomenclature is governed by this Code is ...
Horticulture emerged as a distinct field from agriculture when humans sought to cultivate plants for pleasure on a smaller scale rather than exclusively for sustenance. Emerging technologies are moving the industry forward, especially in the alteration of plants to be more resistant to parasites, disease and drought.
This world-first approval was said to be a milestone in making cultivated meat production more scalable and efficient. [112] In April 2024, Australian start-up Vow obtained Singaporean approval for its cultured quail; [104] while Dutch start-up Meatable would be introducing its cultivated pork sausages in several restaurants in Singapore later ...
Agriculture encompasses crop and livestock production, aquaculture, and forestry for food and non-food products. [1] Agriculture was a key factor in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live in the cities.
Self-cultivation or personal cultivation (Chinese: 修身; pinyin: xiūshēn; Wade–Giles: hsiu-shen; lit. 'cultivate oneself') is the development of one's mind or capacities through one's own efforts. [1] Self-cultivation is the cultivation, integration, and coordination of mind and body.
The broadest definition includes handheld power tools, but in general usage, the term implies huge motorized machines, particularly tractors and the many types of farm implements which they tow and/or supply power to. The mechanization of agricultural tasks is a defining element of industrial agriculture.
A cultigen (from Latin cultus ' cultivated ' and gens ' kind '), or cultivated plant, [note 1] is a plant that has been deliberately altered or selected by humans, [2] by means of genetic modification, graft-chimaeras, plant breeding, or wild or cultivated plant selection.