CONVENTIONAL FARMING

CONVENTIONAL FARMING IS THE PRACTICE TO USE THE SYNTETHIC CHEMICALS

AND SPECIFIC TECHNIQUES TO MAXIMISE THE YELD OF CROPS

USUALLY DISG REGARDING ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH AND REACH HIGH

EFFICIENCY AND PRODUCTIVITY

CHARACTERISTICSE

TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION

LARGE CAPITAL INVESTMENT

LARGE SCALE-FARM

EXTENSIVE USE OF PESTICIDES AND FERTILISERS

NEGATIVE EFFECTS

THE SOIL IS COMPACTED, FOR USE OF MACHINERY, AND THAT CAUSE A WATER

-THE FERTILISERS ARE OFTEN APPLIED IN EXCESSIVE QUANTITATIES AND THAT

CAUSE POLLUTION OF GROUNDWATER

-THE ANTIBIOTIC ARE OFTEN APPLIED IN EXCESSIVE QUANTITATIES AND THAT

CAUSE A LEAD TO THE DEVELOPE A NEW BACTERIA SPECIES WICH ARE HARMFUL
FOR ANIMALS AND PLANTS

-THE FARMERS USE UNIFORM CROP, FOR COSTS AND FOR MAKE EASIER THE
HARVESTING BUT THAT CAUSE A DECREASE SOIL FERTILITY AND BIODIVERSITY
AND MAKE CROPS SUSCEPTIBLE TO PATHOGENS