intensive cultivation of land
1land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… …
2Intensive 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… …
3intensive agriculture — in agricultural economics, system of cultivation using large amounts of labour and capital relative to land area. Large amounts of labour and capital are necessary to the application of fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides… …
4Shifting cultivation — For methods, see slash and burn Shifting cultivation is an agricultural system in which plots of land are cultivated temporarily, then abandoned. This system often involves clearing of a piece of land followed by several years of wood harvesting… …
5Christmas tree cultivation — A Christmas tree farmer in the U.S. state of Florida explains the pruning and shearing process of cultivation to a government employee. Christmas tree cultivation is an agricultural, forestry, and horticultural occupation which involves growing… …
6AGRICULTURAL LAND-MANAGEMENT METHODS AND IMPLEMENTS IN ANCIENT EREẒ ISRAEL — Ereẓ Israel is a small country with a topographically fragmented territory, each geographical region having a distinctive character of its own. These regions include: the coastal plain, the lowlands, the hilly country, the inland valleys, the… …
7Pure Land Buddhism — Amitābha Buddha and his attendant bodhisattvas Avalokiteśvara (right) and Mahāsthāmaprāpta (left) …
8Arable land — In geography, arable land (from Latin arare , to plough) is an agricultural term, meaning land that can be used for growing crops. Of the earth s 148,940,000 km² (57.5 million square miles) of land, approximately 19,824,000 km² (7.65 million… …
9terrace cultivation — ▪ agriculture method of growing crops on sides of hills or mountains by planting on graduated terraces built into the slope. Though labour intensive, the method has been employed effectively to maximize arable land area in variable terrains …
10Agriculture — General …
