Industries that are even more capital- and technology-intensive grew to importance in the late 20th century—notably shipbuilding, motor vehicles, and electronic equipment.
Producing meat is more resource intensive than growing vegetables.
They were intensive farmers, growing their staple foods corn (maize), sweet potatoes, and manioc in irrigated fields.
Multimedia applications such as video streaming, which are delay sensitive and bandwidth intensive, are growing rapidly over wireless networks.
It's just as time intensive as growing plants, but any harvest is less certain.
An independent study of A.G.R. commissioned by the U.S.D.A. and mentioned in the agency's most recent Specialty Crop Report to Congress described participation as "complex and paperwork-intensive". Growing recognition of these issues led the House Committee on Agriculture to list crop insurance as one of its top three priorities for this year's farm bill.
And even though hashish is less expensive per weight than opium or heroin, the report said, cannabis can potentially earn a farmer more than opium poppies because it yields twice the quantity of drug per acre and is cheaper and less labor intensive to grow.
However, as C. trachomatis is an obligate intracellular pathogen it is labour intensive to grow in vitro [ 17].
As intensive care grows to become a larger part of acute care health delivery, it is crucial to understand the value of our care and the outcomes of our patients on a human and social dimension.
In a note to clients after the sale of the bond insurer, Jeffrey Sprague, an analyst for Citigroup, wrote that "in essence, the G.E. plan to exit insurance is about redeploying from capital intensive insurance to faster growing, less capital intensive businesses such as commercial and consumer finance, or supporting industrial growth".
