intensive farming system

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• Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… …   Wikipedia

• Intensive pig farming — Intensive piggeries (or hog lots) are a type of factory farm specialized for the raising of domestic pigs up to slaughter weight. In this system of pig production, grower pigs are housed indoors in group housing or straw lined sheds, whilst… …   Wikipedia

• Farming Systems in India — File:Namgyal india 1.jpg Namgyal Monestary Institution India Shubham comprises various farming systems that are strategically utilized, according to the locations where they are most suitable. The farming systems that significantly contribute to… …   Wikipedia

• intensive culture — an aquaculture system in a carefully controlled environment with a very high number of fish that depends on external inputs such as food, oxygen, and/or water exchange under optimal conditions. Most intensive culture systems are not sustainable… …   Dictionary of ichthyology

• intensive — [in ten′siv] adj. [ML intensious < L intensus: see INTENSE & IVE] 1. increasing or causing to increase in degree or amount 2. of or characterized by intensity; thorough, profound, and intense; concentrated or exhaustive 3. designating care of… …   English World dictionary

• Intensive — In*ten sive, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See {Intense}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Fish farming — Intensive koi aquaculture facility in Israel Fish farming is the principal form of aquaculture, while other methods may fall under mariculture. Fish farming involves raising fish commercially in tanks or enclosures, usually for food. A facility… …   Wikipedia

• -intensive — in|ten|sive «ihn TEHN sihv», adjective, noun. –adj. 1. having the quality or character of intensity; deep and thorough: »An intensive study of a few books is more valuable than much careless reading. 2. having to do with a system of farming in… …   Useful english dictionary

• farming — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ small scale ▪ They lived by fishing and by basic small scale farming. ▪ family ▪ the decline of traditional family farming ▪ subsistence …   Collocations dictionary

• intensive — in•ten•sive [[t]ɪnˈtɛn sɪv[/t]] adj. 1) of or characterized by intensity: intensive questioning[/ex] 2) tending to intensify; intensifying 3) agr. of or pertaining to a system of farming in which large amounts of labor and often capital are… …   From formal English to slang

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