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deprecated concept > agricultural intensification

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agricultural intensification  

Definition

  • [Elena D. Concepci—n] Agricultural intensification is a major cause for biodiversity loss. It occurs at field scales through increased inputs and outputs, and at landscape scales through landscape simplification. Agri-environment schemes (AES) of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aim at reducing biodiversity loss by promoting extensification of agricultural practises mostly at field scales... , "[Elena D. Concepci—n] Agricultural intensification is a major cause for biodiversity loss. It occurs at field scales through increased inputs and outputs, and at landscape scales through landscape simplification. Agri-environment schemes (AES) of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) aim at reducing biodiversity loss by promoting extensification of agricultural practises mostly at field scales... , "[A. J. Shriar] Agricultural intensification is a process of raising land productivity over time through increasesin inputs of one form or another on a per unit area basis. Its study is important for severalreasons, many of which relate to agroforestry objectives...

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  • agriculture intensification

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http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/msa0021

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