After all, the fertilizers used in intensive farming increase emissions of greenhouse gases. All told, agriculture was responsible for 10–12% of global anthropogenic emissions in 2005.

Less intensive farming works best for agricultural soil. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 11, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 04 / 250425230526.htm.

Intensive, high-yielding agriculture may be the best way to meet growing demand for food while conserving biodiversity, say researchers. But their study says the approach makes sense only if it is ...

Intensive farming 'least bad option' for food and environment. Published. 14 September 2018. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. Image source, Getty Images. By Matt McGrath.

Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics Date: May 4, 2020 Source: University of Bath Summary: Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity from intensive farming ...

Intensive animal farming may increase the risk of future pandemics, a new study has found. The findings go against the conventional wisdom that industrialized farming reduces the risk of disease ...

Industrialized farming is often thought to reduce the risk of zoonotic diseases (those transmitted from animals to humans) because of better control, biosecurity and separation of livestock. A ...

Charities and conservation groups say intensive farming in the UK has an "overwhelmingly negative" impact on nature. A State of Nature report says it is the most significant driver of a dramatic ...

Charities and conservation groups say intensive farming in the UK has an "overwhelmingly negative" impact on nature.

It’s painfully clear nature is buckling under the weight of farming’s demands. There’s another way – but it involves accepting nature’s limits.

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