modernize a transport system, a factory, farming methods
Modern farming methods can have an adverse effect on the environment.
"Pair ploughing" means "ploughing by using ou" and was a farming method prevailing in Western Zhou Dynasty.
Some fruits and vegetables grown with conventional farming methods simply don't absorb the pesticides.
It is often argued that GM RR soy is environmentally sustainable because it enables the use of no-till, a farming method that avoids ploughing with the aim of conserving soil.
There have long been suspicions that industrial farming methods, including heavy use of chemicals, is a factor in their decline.
Even if policy were right, small farms are slower than large ones to adopt better crops and farming methods.
For many reasons, then, an increasingly crowded civilization needs an alternative farming method.
Changes in farming methods have badly affected employment in the area.
Ancient farming methods still survive in the Midle East.
