Intensive farming
VARIOUS TYPES OF AGRICULTURE THAT INVOLVE HIGHER LEVELS OF INPUT AND OUTPUT PER UNIT OF AGRICULTURAL LAND AREA
Intensive agriculture; Intensive cultivation; Commercial agriculture; Industrialized agriculture; Intensive cropping; Industrial farm; Conventional agriculture; Conventional farming; Plant water use efficiency; Commercial farm; Intensive type of farming; Commercial farming; Market agriculture; Intensively farmed; Agroindustry; High-input agriculture; Agriculture industry; Sustainable intensification; Intensive Farming; Intensive farm; Industrialized farming; Livestock production; Pasture intensification; Sustainable intensive farming; Agricultural intensification; Conventional (agriculture); Commercial grower
Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture, both of crop plants and of animals, with higher levels of input and output per unit of agricultural land area. It is characterized by a low fallow ratio, higher use of inputs such as capital and labour, and higher crop yields per unit land area.