Labor-intensive subsistence

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…showed last 75 words of 317 total…low-input farming is often more profitable than high input farming because they spend less money on irrigation water, fertilizer, and pesticides; in addition, they reduce use and waste of fossil fuels and waste in irrigation, also they will be slowing population growth. If partial shift to more environmentally sustainable food production, it will be opposed by agribusiness and successful farmers because many consumers are unwilling and unable to pay higher prices for food (Full-cost accounting).