unsustainable agriculture

[ uhn-suh-stey-nuh-buhl ag-ri-kuhl-cher ]

noun

1. any of a number of farming methods, such as repeatedly growing the same crop and overusing chemicals, that eventually result in the depletion of the natural resources necessary for productive agriculture. Compare sustainable agriculture ( def ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of unsustainable agriculture¹

First recorded in 1980–85

Example Sentences

Wetlands loss is due to urbanisation and unsustainable agriculture, it says.

From BBC

Climate change, caused by humans’ use of fossil fuels, deforestation and unsustainable agriculture, has raised air and ocean temperatures, increased the risk of forest fires and worsened air quality.

From Los Angeles Times

Deforestation and unsustainable agriculture leads to this carbon being released back into the atmosphere, but using satellite imagery and AI, we can pinpoint where this is happening and protect these natural carbon sinks.

From The Verge

The main drivers are unsustainable agriculture and forestry, climate change, and, in some areas, urban expansion, roads and mining.

From BBC

“Our evidence shows there is a growing wave of extinctions washing over the continent driven by habitat loss from unsustainable agriculture, drainage and logging.”

From Nature