Disadvantages of Intensive farming
1. Some
farmers end up keeping livestock’s above their holding capacity (over stocking)
which stimulates various kinds of diseases and infections due to poor hygiene
and overcrowding.
2. the use of
chemical fertilizers affect the soil and water by contaminating the soil and
water bodies like rivers, oceans and lake
3. Some livestock’s
are being injected with hormones and other chemicals which are harmful to the
human body system in order to increase yield and productivity.
4. Most
pesticides that are being sprayed to our crops to control pests from attacking
our crops cannot be washed off easily which affects the health of human beings
after consumption.
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