Results from on-the-ground efforts to promote sustainable cattle ranching in the Brazilian Amazon

Autor: Ermgassen, Erasmus, de Alcântara, Melquesedek, Balmford, Andrew, Barioni, Luis, Neto, Francisco, Bettarello, Murilo, de Brito, Genivaldo, Carrero, Gabriel, Florence, Eduardo, Garcia, Edenise, Gonçalves, Eduardo, da Luz, Casio, Mallmann, Giovanni, Strassburg, Bernardo, Valentim, Judson, Latawiec, Agnieszka
Přispěvatelé: zu Ermgassen, Erasmus [0000-0002-9168-6057], Balmford, Andrew [0000-0002-0144-3589], Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository, Erasmus K. H. J. zu Ermgassen, University of Cambridge, Melquesedek Pereira de Alcântara, Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon, Andrew Balmford, University of Cambridge, LUIS GUSTAVO BARIONI, CNPTIA, Francisco Beduschi Neto, Instituto Centro de Vida / Grupo de Trabalho da Pecuária Sustentável, Murilo M. F. Bettarello, Via Verde Consultoria Agropecuária em Sistemas Tropicais, Genivaldo de Brito, The Nature Conservancy, Gabriel C. Carrero, Institute for Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Amazon / University of Florida, Eduardo de A. S. Florence, Instituto Centro de Vida, Edenise Garcia, The Nature Conservancy, Eduardo Trevisan Gonçalves, Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola, Casio Trajano da Luz, Instituto de Manejo e Certificação Florestal e Agrícola, Giovanni M. Mallman, The Nature Conservancy, Bernardo B. N. Strassburg, International Institute for Sustainability / Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, JUDSON FERREIRA VALENTIM, CPAF-Acre, Agnieszka Latawiec, International Institute for Sustainability / Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro / University of East Anglia / University of Agriculture in Krakow.
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Agricultura sustentável
bepress|Life Sciences|Forest Sciences
TJ807-830
Agricultura sustentable
Productividad pecuaria
TD194-195
AgriXiv|Life Sciences
AgriXiv|Life Sciences|Animal Sciences
Renewable energy sources
bepress|Life Sciences
GE1-350
AgriXiv|Life Sciences|Forest Sciences
land sparing
Amazon
AgriXiv|Life Sciences|Agriculture|Agricultural Economics
Forest Sciences
bepress|Life Sciences|Agriculture|Agricultural Economics
Environmental effects of industries and plants
sustainable intensification
Amazonia
Sustainable agriculture
bepress|Life Sciences|Animal Sciences
Life Sciences
Agriculture
beef
Produtividade
Environmental sciences
livestock
bepress|Life Sciences|Agriculture
Pecuária
Animal Sciences
Land sparing
AgriXiv|Life Sciences|Agriculture
dairy
Bovinocultura
Livestock productivity
Agricultural Economics
Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 10, Iss 4, p 1301 (2018)
Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA-Alice)
Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
instacron:EMBRAPA
DOI: 10.17605/osf.io/axyjk
Popis: Agriculture in Brazil is booming. Brazil has the world?s second largest cattle herd and is the second largest producer of soybeans, with the production of beef, soybeans, and bioethanol forecast to increase further. Questions remain, however, about how Brazil can reconcile increases in agricultural production with protection of its remaining natural vegetation. While high hopes have been placed on the potential for intensification of low-productivity cattle ranching to spare land for other agricultural uses, cattle productivity in the Amazon biome (29% of the Brazilian cattle herd) remains stubbornly low, and it is not clear how to realize theoretical productivity gains in practice. We provide results from six initiatives in the Brazilian Amazon, which are successfully improving cattle productivity in beef and dairy production on more than 500,000 hectares of pastureland, while supporting compliance with the Brazilian Forest Code. Spread across diverse geographies, and using a wide range of technologies, participating farms have improved productivity by 30-490%. High-productivity cattle ranching requires some initial investment (R$1300-6900/ha or US$410-2180/ha), with average pay-back times of 2.5-8.5 years. We conclude by reflecting on the challenges that must be overcome to scale up these young initiatives, avoid rebound increases in deforestation, and mainstream sustainable cattle ranching in the Amazon. Made available in DSpace on 2018-04-24T00:49:43Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 26607.pdf: 5180863 bytes, checksum: 81d3b4e1b1166be2f3a7a9362446e4f0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2018-04-23 Republicado como capítulo de livro na publicação: LEINONEN, I. (Ed.) Environmentally sustainable livestock production. Basel: MDPI, 2019. p. 65-90. Trata-se de uma reimpressão de artigos da publicados on-line em edição especial do periódico de acesso aberto Sustainability, de 2018 a 2019 (disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sustainability/special issues/Environmentally Sustainable Livestock Production) .
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