Greenhouse - Provide an artificial, all-year environment to protect crops from heat and cold, and to keep out pests., Irrigation - Artificially applied water to the land or soil to supplement natural rainfall in areas that do not receive much rain, Fertilisers - Organic or inorganic materials are added to soils to supply key nutrients, essential for high-yield harvests., Land reclamation - Creating new land from seas, rivers or lakes, or turning previously degraded land into arable land., Terraces - A series of steps cut into sloping or hilly land to create flat areas to farm and to reduce surface run-off and erosion., Intensive farming - A system of farming that uses large amounts of pesticides, fertilisers, labour and capital (money) relative to a land area., Drainage - The removal of surface and underground water from a farming area to improve production., Laser-guided land levelling - Smoothing the land surface using laser-controlled machinery. Farm land that is uneven may cause uneven growth and maturing of crops., Dams - Concrete or earth barriers built across a stream or watercourse designed to collect and store water., Pesticides - Substances used to control pests that affect crop yields.,

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