the spread of a technology across an area, esp in agriculture
The Government will also be issuing proposals for the extensification of arable production
Examples of 'extensification' in a sentence
extensification
Policy schemes were seen to support extensification and reduce the motivation for yield improvements.
Heikki Lehtonen, Taru Palosuo, Panu Korhonen, Xing Liu 2018, 'Higher Crop Yield Levels in the North Savo Region—Means and Challenges Indicated byFarmers and Their Close Stakeholders', Agriculturehttp://www.mdpi.com/2077-0472/8/7/93. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Consequently, the productivity per reproductive cycle increases with the extensification of the breeding system.
M. Theau.Clément, S. Guardia, C. Davoust, P. Galliot, C. Souchet, L. Bignon, L. Fortun-Lamothe 2016, 'Performance and sustainability of two alternative rabbit breeding systems', World Rabbit Sciencehttp://polipapers.upv.es/index.php/wrs/article/view/5154. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Governmental plans suggest land extensification to increase production and self-sufficiency, but the land useclassification shows little available land.
Lina Eklund, Abdulhakim Abdi, Mine Islar 2017, 'From Producers to Consumers: The Challenges and Opportunities of Agricultural Developmentin Iraqi Kurdistan', Landhttp://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/6/2/44. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The socioeconomic factors (agricultural abandonment, livestock extensification and reforestations) affect the spatial and temporal patterns of revegetation.
Lasanta, T., Vicente-Serrano, S. M. 2007, 'Cambios en la cubierta vegetal en el Pirineo aragonés en los últimos 50 años', Pirineos: Revista de Ecología de Montañahttp://pirineos.revistas.csic.es/index.php/pirineos/article/view/16/16. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This activity was carried out as preliminary studies for the diagnosis of soybean extensification on acid dry land.
Prihastuti, Sudaryono 2013, 'Soil Chemical and Biological Characteristics for Diagnostic the Potency of Acid DryLand for Soybean Extensification', Jurnal Tanah Tropikahttp://journal.unila.ac.id/index.php/tropicalsoil/article/view/573/820. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Contradictory processes in landscape change were recorded such as large scale agricultural extensification vs. intensification, or afforestation vs. deforestation.
Dušan Romportl, Petr Kuna 2017, 'The changes that occurred in land cover in postcommunist countries in Central Europe',European Journal of Environmental Scienceshttp://ejes.cz/index.php/ejes/article/view/297. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Consequently, the effectiveness of mitigation practices that relies on an extensification of plant production may be insufficient.
Sosulski Tomasz, Szymańska Magdalena, Szara Ewa 2017, 'Assessment of various practices of the mitigation of N2O emissions from the arablesoils of Poland', Soil Science Annualhttp://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ssa.2017.68.issue-1/ssa-2017-0007/ssa-2017-0007.xml?format=INT. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Federal help measures have been applied for the entire territory with as main objective an extensification of agriculture.
Carine Baltus 1997, 'Mesures d'incitation en faveur de la conservation de la diversité génétique en matièreagricole. 1. Programmes agricoles pour la conservation de la biodiversité en Belgique',Biotechnologie, Agronomie, Société et Environnementhttp://www.pressesagro.be/base/text/v1n3/178.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)