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Vocabulary Term Details

Intensive farming

Definition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intensive_farming)

Intensive farming or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by a low fallow ratio and the high use of inputs such as capital, labour, or heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers relative to land area. (Wikipedia)

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Farming systems
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This term is used for the following terms: 
Factory farming
Industrial agriculture
Intensive agriculture
Intensive production

Approved Date
07-Aug-2013

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