Definition

1. Verb:
   • To reclaim (land) for cultivation; to bring (land) back under cultivation: The primary meaning of "phục hoá" is the agricultural process of restoring fallow, abandoned, or degraded land to a productive state suitable for growing crops again.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính phủ có kế hoạch phục hoá vùng đất bị bỏ hoang. (The government has a plan to reclaim the abandoned land for cultivation.)
  • Phục hoá đất sau một thời gian bạc màu là cần thiết. (Reclaiming land after a period of degradation is necessary.)

Advanced Usage

• "phục hoá đất": to reclaim/restore land.
  • Dự án tập trung vào việc phục hoá đất bị ảnh hưởng bởi hạn hán. (The project focuses on restoring land affected by drought.)

Variants and Related Words

• Khai hoang (v): to clear and bring new, often virgin, land under cultivation for the first time.
  • Tổ tiên chúng tôi đã khai hoang vùng này. (Our ancestors cleared and cultivated this region.)
• Cải tạo đất (v): to improve/ameliorate soil; a broader term for enhancing land quality, which can be part of the "phục hoá" process.

Synonyms

• Reclaim: to recover (land) for productive use.
• Restore (to cultivation): to bring back to a former state of productivity.
• Rehabilitate (land): to restore land to good condition or productive use.

Related Terms

• Đất bỏ hoang / Đất hoang hoá: fallow land / degraded/abandoned land (the target of "phục hoá").
• Canh tác: cultivation.
• Nông nghiệp bền vững: sustainable agriculture (often the goal of land reclamation).