Cultivationbased
Cultivationbased is an adjective used to describe approaches and practices that place cultivation—nurturing, developing, and sustaining life and systems—at the core. The term is not widely standardized and appears mainly in literature discussing agricultural methods, environmental design, and developmental pedagogy. The single-word form cultivationbased is less common than hyphenated or multiword variants, but is used in some contemporary writings to emphasize a unified concept.
In agriculture and horticulture, cultivationbased methods prioritize soil health, biodiversity, and long-term productivity through sustainable cultivation
In education and community work, cultivationbased approaches focus on cultivating capacities, such as critical thinking, collaboration,
Criticism centers on definitional variability and the challenge of operationalizing the concept into concrete methods. Because
Related terms include cultivation, horticulture, agriculture, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, sustainable farming, and experiential education.