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Herdwick sheep in an extensive hill farming system, Lake District, England. The sheep are free to climb to the unfenced upland area.

Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers, and capital, relative to the land area being farmed.

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Extensive farming

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Extensive farming or extensive agriculture (as opposed to intensive farming) is an agricultural production system that uses small inputs of labour, fertilizers...

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Pig farming

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to many different styles of farming: intensive commercial units, commercial free range enterprises, or extensive farming (being allowed to wander around...

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Intensive farming

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Intensive agriculture, also known as intensive farming (as opposed to extensive farming), conventional, or industrial agriculture, is a type of agriculture...

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Fish farming

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fed with external food supply (intensive). Extensive aquaculture is the other form of fish farming. Extensive aquaculture is more basic than intensive aquaculture...

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Dryland farming

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Dryland farming and dry farming encompass specific agricultural techniques for the non-irrigated cultivation of crops. Dryland farming is associated with...

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Organic farming

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Organic farming, also known as ecological farming or biological farming, is an agricultural system that uses fertilizers of organic origin such as compost...

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Agricultural machinery

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Agricultural machinery relates to the mechanical structures and devices used in farming or other agriculture. There are many types of such equipment, from hand...

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Agriculture

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the key development in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that enabled people to live...

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Urban agriculture

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comes from Mesopotamia. Farmers would set aside small plots of land for farming within the city's walls. (3500BC) In Persia's semi-desert towns, oases...

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Farming systems in India

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of India are subsistence farming, organic farming, industrial farming. Regions throughout India differ in types of farming they use; some are based on...

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Sustainable agriculture

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Sustainable agriculture is farming in sustainable ways meeting society's present food and textile needs, without compromising the ability for current...

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History of agriculture

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switched from nomadic hunter-gatherer lifestyles to permanent settlements and farming. Wild grains were collected and eaten from at least 104,000 years ago....

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Ranch

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arable or irrigated land, the ranch may also engage in a limited amount of farming, raising crops for feeding the animals, such as hay and feed grains. Ranches...

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Natural farming

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Natural farming (自然農法, shizen nōhō), also referred to as "the Fukuoka Method", "the natural way of farming", or "do-nothing farming", is an ecological...

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List of agricultural machinery

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Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. The best-known example of this kind is the tractor. Tractor / Two-wheel...

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Smallholding

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supporting a single family with a mixture of cash crops and subsistence farming. As a country becomes more affluent, smallholdings may not be self-sufficient...

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Early European Farmers

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PMC 7259947. PMID 32523989. Saag, Lehti; et al. (24 July 2017). "Extensive Farming in Estonia Started through a Sex-Biased Migration from the Steppe"...

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Suffolk

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border and Dedham Vale on the Essex border. It is also known for its extensive farming and has largely arable land. Newmarket is known for horse racing,...

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Agricultural policy

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business planning including financial management, researching the latest farming techniques, risk management skills) coordination (a more consistent national...

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Poultry farming

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Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for...

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Cover crop

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production. In conventional farming, this nitrogen is typically applied in chemical fertilizer form. In organic farming, nitrogen inputs may take the...

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Agricultural technology

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reshaped the farming landscape. This period also witnessed the establishment of agricultural societies and colleges dedicated to advancing farming methodologies...

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Agrarian society

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livelihood and work habits but stresses the importance of agriculture and farming. Agrarian societies have existed in various parts of the world as far back...

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Hill farming

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Hill farming or terrace farming is an extensive farming in upland areas, primarily rearing sheep, although historically cattle were often reared extensively...

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Industrial agriculture

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Industrial agriculture is a form of modern farming that refers to the industrialized production of crops and animals and animal products like eggs or...

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Green Revolution

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remained so. Brazil's vast inland cerrado region was regarded as unfit for farming before the 1960s because the soil was too acidic and poor in nutrients...

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Agronomy

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policy Agroecology Agrology Agrophysics Crop farming Food systems Horticulture Green Revolution Vegetable farming Georgetown International Environmental Law...

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Banana plantation

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major agricultural techniques: Intensive farming, sustainable farming, organic farming, and fair trade farming. An intensive agricultural technique which...

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