Crop, livestock and forestry performance assessment under different production systems in the north of Mato Grosso, Brazil

Integrated crop–livestock–forestry systems are a sustainable agriculture system based on the intensification of land use to produce food, fiber and energy and are a priority theme in the public policy of the Brazilian government. The lack of technical and scientific knowledge may be one of the most...

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Published in:Agroforestry systems 2019-12, Vol.93 (6), p.2085-2096
Main Authors: Magalhães, C. A. S., Pedreira, B. C., Tonini, H., Farias Neto, A. L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural practices
Agriculture
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Body weight gain
Cereal crops
Corn
Crop production
Crop rotation
Crops
Eucalyptus
Farming systems
Forage
Forestry
Grain
Land use
Life Sciences
Livestock
Pasture
Performance assessment
Public policy
Soybeans
Sustainable agriculture
Systems analysis
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Summary:Integrated crop–livestock–forestry systems are a sustainable agriculture system based on the intensification of land use to produce food, fiber and energy and are a priority theme in the public policy of the Brazilian government. The lack of technical and scientific knowledge may be one of the most challenging factors contributing to the low adoption of these complex, integrated systems. The objective of this study was to evaluate the crop, livestock and forestry performance assessment under different production systems in the north of Mato Grosso. Ten production systems were evaluated from 2011 to 2015, including crop production (soybean/corn), livestock (palisade grass pastures with Nellore steers) and forestry (Eucalyptus urograndis H13), in both single and integrated systems. Annual evaluations of production components in the crops, forage, cattle and trees were carried out. A negative influence on the grain yields in the fourth and fifth years for soybean and the third year onward for maize was observed as a result of the presence of the tree in the production systems. Forage availability and animal weight gain were increased by the rotation of crop–livestock, while no differences were found for wood individual volume yield among the production systems.
ISSN:0167-4366
1572-9680
DOI:10.1007/s10457-018-0311-x