Advantages and Disadvantages of Intensive Farming

 

In intensive subsistence agriculture, the farmer cultivates a small plot of land using simple tools and more labor. Subsistence agriculture is the type of farming in which crops grown are consumed by the grower and his family. It is of different types. Wheat, soybeans, and barley are majorly grown intensively in subsistence farms of northern parts of china, japan, and Korea and also parts of India like Punjab. In areas where rainfall is not adequate, food crops like millet are grown.

Advantages of intensive subsistence:

It produces vegetables, fruits, beef, meat, eggs; milk prices are more economical compare to traditional farming, because it produces food in large quantities and requires less space. Intensive subsistence agriculture also helped in solving the scarcity of food by producing a good amount.

One of the major advantages of this farming technique is that the crop yield is high, it helps the farmer to easily supervise and monitor the land and protect his livestock from being hurt or hounded by dangerous wild animals

Disadvantages of Intensive Farming

Intensive farming involves the use of various kinds of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, and insecticides. 2. It can lead to overcrowding due to the fact that animals are kept in holding facilities which can lead to pollution and break out of diseases and infection.

Deforestation Intensive farming causes soil degradation and leads to the expansion of new lands. ...

Pest and weed resistance to chemicals

Soil degradation

Impact on natural habitats

Water pollution

Climate change

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