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Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and [[technique]]s, including ways to expand the lands suitable for plant raising, by digging water-[[channel]]s and other forms of irrigation. Cultivation of crops on arable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the [[foundation]] of agriculture. In the past century there has been increasing concern to identify and quantify various forms of agriculture. In the developed world the range usually extends between sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture) and intensive farming (e.g. industrial agriculture).

Agriculture encompasses a wide variety of specialties and [[technique]]s, including ways to expand the lands suitable for plant raising, by digging water-[[channel]]s and other forms of irrigation. Cultivation of crops on arable land and the pastoral herding of livestock on rangeland remain at the [[foundation]] of agriculture. In the past century there has been increasing concern to identify and quantify various forms of agriculture. In the developed world the range usually extends between sustainable agriculture (e.g. permaculture or organic agriculture) and intensive farming (e.g. industrial agriculture).

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Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread [[ecological]] damage and negative human [[health]] effects. Selective breeding and modern [[practice]]s in animal husbandry such as intensive pig farming (and similar practices applied to the chicken) have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal cruelty and the health effects of the antibiotics, [[growth]] hormones, and other [[chemical]]s commonly used in industrial meat production.

Modern agronomy, plant breeding, pesticides and fertilizers, and technological improvements have sharply increased yields from cultivation, and at the same time have caused widespread [[ecological]] damage and negative human [[health]] effects. Selective breeding and modern [[practice]]s in animal husbandry such as intensive pig farming (and similar practices applied to the chicken) have similarly increased the output of meat, but have raised concerns about animal cruelty and the health effects of the antibiotics, [[growth]] hormones, and other [[chemical]]s commonly used in industrial meat production.