Landscape characterization of integrated crop–livestock systems in three case studies of the tropics
| Autor: | Lívia de Freitas Navegantes Alves, Alassane Bâ, René Poccard-Chapuis, Laura Angelica Ferreira, Doubangolo Coulibaly, Marcia Mascarenha Grise, Philippe Lecomte |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad), Universidade Federal do Pará (UFPA), Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento [Brasil] (MAPA), Governo do Brasil-Governo do Brasil, Institut d'Economie Rurale, Systèmes d'élevage méditerranéens et tropicaux (UMR SELMET), Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement (Cirad)-Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA)-Centre international d'études supérieures en sciences agronomiques (Montpellier SupAgro)-Institut national d’études supérieures agronomiques de Montpellier (Montpellier SupAgro), Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro)-Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement (Institut Agro) |
| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
[SDV]Life Sciences [q-bio] F08 - Systèmes et modes de culture Context (language use) 01 natural sciences [SHS]Humanities and Social Sciences Frontier multi-scale analysis [INFO]Computer Science [cs] Adaptation (computer science) tropical region 0105 earth and related environmental sciences 2. Zero hunger business.industry Amazon rainforest Agroforestry landscape characteristics L01 - Élevage - Considérations générales Environmental resource management biomass flows integrated crop–livestock systems Tropics 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences 15. Life on land sustainability Geography Agriculture Sustainability 040103 agronomy & agriculture 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Livestock business Agronomy and Crop Science Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems, Cambridge University Press (CUP), 2014, 29 (3), pp.218-229. ⟨10.1017/S174217051400009X⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1742-1713 1742-1705 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s174217051400009x |
| Popis: | Integrated crop–livestock systems in the tropical region are diverse and not well characterized. To better understand the conditions and potential of these systems, we characterized the spatial and social arrangement of integrated systems within a landscape context. Integrated systems are defined by biomass and nutrient flows, linking crop, livestock and human components of agriculture. The landscape is defined within a spatial framework of these flows. To understand the diversity of integrated systems in the tropics, we characterized three case study areas: Southern Mali, BrazilianCerradosand Amazon frontier. Methodology was based on historical and descriptive approaches of these cases, mobilizing interdisciplinary knowledge of a large research team. This provided a retrospective view to discuss four key points about the future of integrated systems in the tropics: (i) importance of landscape structure for conception and adaptation of the integrated systems; (ii) key role of local institutions in managing such integrated systems; (iii) trade-offs between external and internal resources; and (iv) role of nitrogen to improve system efficiency. This paper concludes with the relevance of social sciences in the further development of integrated systems. |
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