agricultural intensification

An increase in agricultural production per unit of inputs (which may be labour, land, time, fertilizer, seed, feed or cash).

The process by which land becomes increasingly used for agricultural production. Agricultural intensification can apply to high-input (machinery, fuel, chemicals) farming as well as to lower- input traditional to organic practices.

The process of increasing the use of capital, labor, and inputs (e.g. fertilizers, pesticides, machinery) relative to land area, to increase agriculture productivity.