A kilometer is a metric unit of measurement that is used to measure distance. One kilometer is 1,000 meters. It is equal to .62 miles.
April 29, 2010 â¢ Agriculture â¢ by EconomyWatch. Industrial agriculture is defined as a modern form of capital intensive farming in which the machinery and purchased are substituted for the labor of human beings and animals.
Shifting agriculture: Shifting agriculture,, system of cultivation that preserves soil fertility by plot (field) rotation, as distinct from crop rotation. In shifting agriculture a plot of land is cleared and cultivated for a short period of time; then it is abandoned and allowed to revert to its natural vegetation