Conventional
Conventional agriculture, also called intensive agriculture, is a system of agricultural production based on an increase in agricultural output optimized relative to the availability of production factors (human resources, equipment and cultivated areas). This ratio between volume produced and production factor is called productivity.
Intensive agriculture exists in two opposing systems, one traditional, the other modern. In the traditional system, human resources are numerous, animal power is often used, biodiversity is high, and several complementary species are sometimes cultivated together, but material means (and often land availability) are scarce: agricultural intensification is based on maximal human investment relative to other production factors. Environmental impacts are low. In the modern system, the situation is reversed: human means are largely replaced by machines or robots, intensification requires significant investments and increased use of inputs (fertilizers, plant protection products, agricultural equipment, energy). It is this second system that is usually referred to as "intensive agriculture." Environmental impacts are greater.()
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