FOOD TECHNOLOGY

SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD TECHNOLOGY

SUSTAINABLE FOOD PRODUCTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
farming in small areas but produces large amounts of produce is what type of farming?
A
extensive
B
intensive
C
terraced
D
vertical
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Intensive farming is a type of agriculture that aims to maximize the output of crops or livestock using a smaller area of land. This method typically involves high inputs of labor, capital, and technology to increase productivity and reduce costs.

Detailed explanation-2: -The agricultural intensification and mechanization system that is based on maximizing the yields from available land through heavy use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers is intensive farming.

Detailed explanation-3: -Semi-intensive farming is a form of farming that makes use of intermediate levels of inputs like labor and capital. It lies between intensive farming which uses large amounts of inputs and extensive farming which uses very little of them.

Detailed explanation-4: -Intensive agriculture is all about efficiency-producing as much food as possible, proportionally. Major intensive farming crops include corn and soybeans, as well as wheat and rice. Intensive farming practices include market gardening, plantation agriculture, and mixed crop/livestock systems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Intensive Farming refers to an agricultural system, wherein there is high level use of labor and capital, in comparison to the land area. Extensive Farming is a farming system, in which large farms are being cultivated, with moderately lower inputs, i.e. capital and labor. It is followed in densely populated region.

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