One of the major problems of monoculture farming is the variety of species. If there are no varieties in the producer level in the food chain all other organisms within the ecosystem would be affected. This is a common practice in both industrial and organic farming. Though both kinds of farming have seen efficient increase in harvests, the overall effect of this type of farming has a direct effect in the biodiversity of a particular area.
In addition to overproduction, industrial monoculture predisposes farms to pest problems. To keep up with intensified production, farmers increased pesticide and fertilizer usage, crop density, and the number of crop cycles per season, but decreased crop diversity
