intensive — in|ten|sive [ ın tensıv ] adjective ** 1. ) involving a lot of effort, energy, or attention: three weeks of intensive negotiations This database will enable a more intensive study to be carried out. a ) involving a lot of teaching or training in… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
intensive */*/ — UK [ɪnˈtensɪv] / US adjective 1) a) involving a lot of effort, energy, or attention three weeks of intensive negotiations This database will enable a more intensive study to be carried out. b) involving a lot of teaching or training in a short… … English dictionary
Intensive farming — or intensive agriculture is an agricultural production system characterized by the high inputs of capital, fertilizers, labour, or labour saving technologies such as pesticides relative to land area. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article 9042533… … Wikipedia
intensive agriculture — ➔ agriculture * * * intensive agriculture UK US noun [U] (also intensive farming) ENVIRONMENT ► farming that uses a lot of machinery, labour, chemicals, etc. in order to grow as many crops or keep as many animals as possible on the amount of land … Financial and business terms
Land reform in Zimbabwe — began after the signing of the Lancaster House Agreement in 1979 in an effort to more equitably distribute land between the historically disenfranchised blacks and the minority whites who ruled Zimbabwe from 1923 to 1979. The government s land… … Wikipedia
Land Warrior — is a United States Army program in 2007, [http://www.asafm.army.mil/budget/fybm/fy08 09/rforms/vol2.pdf] U.S. Army Budget Request Documents FY2008 (page 4)] [http://www.strykernews.com/archives/2007/02/07/land warrior fu.html Stryker Brigade News … Wikipedia
Land pollution — is the degradation of earth s land surfaces often caused by human activities and their misuse of land resources. Haphazard disposal of urban and industrial wastes, exploitation of minerals, and improper use of soil by inadequate agricultural… … Wikipedia
Intensive — In*ten sive, a. [Cf. F. intensif. See {Intense}.] [1913 Webster] 1. Stretched; admitting of intension, or increase of degree; that can be intensified. Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster] 2. Characterized by persistence; intent; unremitted; assiduous;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
land reform — any program, esp. when undertaken by a national government, involving the redistribution of agricultural land among the landless. [1840 50, Amer.] * * * Deliberate change in the way agricultural land is held or owned, the methods of its… … Universalium
Intensive Landwirtschaft — Landwirtschaft in Ägypten, 1920er Jahre Landwirtschaft ist die zielgerichtete Herstellung pflanzlicher oder tierischer Erzeugnisse auf einer zu diesem Zweck bewirtschafteten Fläche. Der Anbau von Pflanzen und die Nutzung und Züchtung von… … Deutsch Wikipedia
intensive agriculture — in agricultural economics, system of cultivation using large amounts of labour and capital relative to land area. Large amounts of labour and capital are necessary to the application of fertilizer, insecticides, fungicides, and herbicides… … Universalium
