Getting pastoral systems productivity right.

Autor: Martha GB Jr; Embrapa Digital Agriculture, Campinas, SP, Brazil; Graduate Program - Institute of Economics/Center for Studies in Applied, Agricultural and Environmental Economics (CEA), Unicamp - Campus Unicamp, Campinas, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: geraldo.martha@embrapa.br., Barioni LG; Embrapa Digital Agriculture, Campinas, SP, Brazil., Santos PM; Embrapa Southeastern Livestock, São Carlos, SP, Brazil., Maule RF; Public Policy Group (GPP), 'Luiz de Queiroz' College of Agriculture (Esalq), University of São Paulo (USP), Piracicaba, SP, Brazil., Moran D; Global Academy of Agriculture and Food Security, University of Edinburgh, The Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies and The Roslin Institute, Easter Bush Campus, Midlothian, UK.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: The Science of the total environment [Sci Total Environ] 2024 Mar 15; Vol. 916, pp. 170268. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Jan 20.
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.170268
Abstrakt: Beef production in pasture-based systems is increasingly contested due to related biophysical and environmental challenges. Addressing these requires rigorous science-based evidence to inform private decisions and public policies. Increasing yields and simultaneously reducing the negative environmental impacts of agricultural and livestock production are central to sustainable intensification approaches. Yet, stocking rate, the commonly used metric for animal productivity in pastures, or more broadly, of sustainable intensification in pastoral production systems, warrants scrutiny to signpost successful transformative change of food systems and to avoid provision of misleading policy advice. Here we discuss why future studies would benefit of considering the two constituent elements of productivity in pastoral systems - animal performance (kg of animal product/head) and stocking rates (heads/ha) -, rather than stocking rates alone.
Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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