intensive agriculture
noun[U]
ENVIRONMENTukus(alsointensive farming)farmingthat uses a lot ofmachinery,labour,chemicals, etc. inordertogrowas manycropsorkeepas manyanimalsaspossibleon theamountoflandavailable:
The use ofchemicalfertilizersandpesticidesinintensiveagriculturehasdramaticallyincreasedcropyields.
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