intensive farming

English

Noun

intensive farming (uncountable)

1. (agriculture) An industrial approach to farming, characterized by a low fallow ratio and high use of inputs such as capital, labour, agrochemicals and water to extract higher crop yields per unit land area.

Synonyms

• conventional agriculture
• industrial agriculture
• intensive agriculture

Antonyms

• organic agriculture
• organic farming

Hyponyms

• intensive animal farming

Related terms

• extractivism

Translations

approach to farming involving high use of inputs for maximum yield

• Finnish: tehomaatalous, tehoviljely (crop farming)