Environment & Ecology · Environment
How does traditional subsistence farming generally offer environmental benefits compared to large-scale industrial agriculture?
- 1By clearing vast tracts of continuous forest land using slash-and-burn on a commercial scale
- 2By generating higher greenhouse gas emissions per hectare from heavy machinery
- 3Through a lower carbon footprint due to minimal mechanization and preservation of local biodiversity✓
- 4By actively promoting monoculture and intensive chemical inputs
Correct answer
Through a lower carbon footprint due to minimal mechanization and preservation of local biodiversity
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