Intensive Agriculture practice is followed in the areas where there are excessive population and farmland is less. Farmers in these areas try to get more yield from short areas of land. Farmers grow more than 1 crop in a year on the same, limited area of land. Intensive agriculture practice is followed in the plain areas of north India and coastal areas where irrigation facilities are easily available.
Some specialties of Intensive Agriculture are as follows:
- Smallhoders (Tillage on short areas of land)
- Water supply is in abundance.
- Crop varieties with more yield are sown.
- Green manure and chemical pesticides are used.
- Insecticides are used to save crops from insects and pests.
- New technology and scientific methods are used for farming.
