Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture...

Intensive animal farming, industrial livestock production, and macro-farms, also known (particularly by opponents) as factory farming, is a type of intensive...

Intensive pig farming, also known as pig factory farming, is the primary method of pig production, in which grower pigs are housed indoors in group-housing...

Intensive crop farming is a modern industrialized form of crop farming. Intensive crop farming's methods include innovation in agricultural machinery,...

Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers...

The intensive agriculture of the province of Almeria, Spain, is a model of the utilization of highly technical means to achieve maximum economic yield...

Britannica's definition of Intensive Agriculture". Archived from the original on 5 July 2006. "BBC School fact sheet on intensive farming". Archived from the...

and shelter. The approach often produces lower outputs than more intensive animal farming operations, but requires lower inputs, and therefore sometimes...

adapted to the type of land available. Subsistence farming is being superseded by intensive animal farming in the more developed parts of the world, where...

usage in agriculture. To grow 1 kilogram (2.2 lb) of tomatoes using intensive farming methods requires 214 liters (47 imp gal; 57 U.S. gal) of water; using...

major agricultural techniques: Intensive farming, sustainable farming, organic farming, and fair trade farming. An intensive agricultural technique which...

population growth and dwindling land suitable for agriculture, sustainable intensive farming practises are needed to maintain high crop yields, while maintaining...

to many different styles of farming: intensive commercial units, commercial free range enterprises, or extensive farming (being allowed to wander around...

However, because organic farming has sometimes lower yields compared to intensive farming, additional agricultural land is needed elsewhere in the world, which...

health and future depended on how the soil was used, and that non-intensive farming could produce more wholesome food. The experiment was run to generate...

Intensive pig farming leads to smog and water pollution in some Chinese regions. According to the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture, livestock farming is...

businesses that supply most of the food consumed by the world's population Intensive farming or industrial agriculture, various types of, often highly mechanised...

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collecting feces from wild Asian palm civets has given way to an intensive farming method, in which the palm civets are kept in battery cages and are...

Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with...

Opponents of intensive farming argue that it harms the environment, creates human health risks and is inhumane. Advocates of intensive farming say that their...

Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand...

A hatchery is a facility where eggs are hatched under artificial conditions, especially those of fish, poultry or even turtles. It may be used for ex situ...

alternatives being promoted are switching to more intensive, permanent farming methods, or promoting a shift from farming to working in different, higher-paying...

are typically subject to intensive farming methods while less-developed areas raise chickens using more traditional farming techniques. The United Nations...

Total mixed ration (TMR) is a method of feeding dairy cattle. The purpose of feeding a TMR diet is that each cow can consume the required level of nutrients...

Plukon Food Group is an internationally active corporate group in the meat industry. It is one of the largest processors of poultry meat in Europe. In...

manure, artificial irrigation and animal waste as fertilizer. Intensive subsistence farming is prevalent in the thickly populated areas of the monsoon regions...

In agriculture and gardening, hybrid seed is produced by deliberately cross-pollinated plants which are genetically diverse. Hybrid seed is common in industrial...