Conservation agriculture strengthen sustainability of Brazilian grain production and food security
| Autor: | Fernanda Brunetta Godinho Anghinoni, Leandro Zancanaro, Alessandro de Lucca e Braccini, Ieda de Carvalho Mendes, Cássio Antonio Tormena, Guilherme Anghinoni, Rattan Lal |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Food security
Agroforestry business.industry Conservation agriculture fungi Geography Planning and Development 0211 other engineering and technologies food and beverages 021107 urban & regional planning Forestry 02 engineering and technology 010501 environmental sciences Management Monitoring Policy and Law Crop rotation 01 natural sciences Soil quality Agriculture Sustainability Business Agricultural productivity Cover crop 0105 earth and related environmental sciences Nature and Landscape Conservation |
| Zdroj: | Land Use Policy. 108:105591 |
| ISSN: | 0264-8377 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.landusepol.2021.105591 |
| Popis: | Sustainability of Brazilian agriculture has been frequently addressed in debates about human influences on the environment. Sustainability of agricultural production is critical to meet the growing demand for food, fiber and energy, and involves economic and environmental components of agriculture. We tested the hypothesis that conservation agriculture (CA) contributes to sustainability of Brazilian soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merril) production through positive effects on one or more of the following: soil quality, grain yield and nutritional quality and growers profitability. We found that CA enhanced carbon sequestration, physical and especially biological quality of soil, which caused improved soybean grains yield, protein and flavonoids content and profit. In turn, the most expressive cropping sequence within Brazilian farmlands, the annual soybean and maize double crop (Zea mays), reduced soil physical quality with impacts on food security and agricultural sustainability. The hypothesis was proved once sustainability of Brazilian soybean production can be increased by inserting crop rotations involving cover crops in the rotation cycle. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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