2. INTENSIVE FARMING Intensive farming involves chemicals ,fertilisers ,pesticides and growth regulators. Intensive farming does provide large quantities of relatively cheap food.
3. DISADVANTAGES OF INTENSIVE FARMING Pollutes rivers, lakes and the air. Pesticides disturb food chains and reduce many insect, bird and mammal populations, pollutes the water table. Intensive farming of animals such as battery-hens, and crated veal calves (see Industrial agriculture) is considered by some to be cruel.
