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What are three differences between industrialized agriculture and subsistence agriculture?

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Industrialized agriculture\textbf{Industrialized agriculture} or high-input agriculture encompasses modern agricultural methods. Industrialized agriculture requires a large capital input and fossil fuel energy to irrigate crops, to produce and run machinery and to produce fertilizers and pesticides. Industrialized agriculture requires less land and labor than traditional methods, but causes soil degradation and an increase in pesticide resistance.

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