intensive farmingnoun [ U ]
uk/ɪnˌten.sɪv ˈfɑː.mɪŋ/us/ɪnˌten.sɪv ˈfɑːr.mɪŋ/a way of producing large amounts of crops, by using chemicals and machines:
The use of intensive farming can damage the environment.
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Farming - general words
- agrarian
- agriculture
- arable
- corn earworm
- farming
- food security
- harrow
- harvest
- homestead
- produce
- PYO
- rabi
- reap
- rick
- seed
- slash-and-burn
- subsistence farming
- the Agrarian Revolution
- thrash
- till
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