Intercropping grasses and legumes for pasture diversification and sustainable intensification of livestock in the Amazon.

Brazil has 112 million hectares of cultivated pastures (IBGE, 2017), of which 52% are degraded and 25% in degradation (DIAS-FILHO, 2014), according to estimates. Livestock intensification is the main strategy for reconciling increased productivity with reduced environmental impacts (STRASSBURG et al...

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Autores: VALENTIM, J. F., ANDRADE, C. M. S. de, SALES, M. F. L., ASSIS, G. M. L. de, SA, C. P. de, COSTA, F. de S.
Formato: capítulo de livro
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:Brasil
Recursos:Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br:doc/1135948
Acesso em linha:http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1135948
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Pasture recovery
Recuperación de pastos
Amendoim forrageiro
Forage peanut
Cacahuetes forrajeros
Arachis pintoi cv BRS Mandobi
Cultivo intercalar
Cultivo mixto
Pastos forrajeros
Leguminosas forrajeras
Pastagem Consorciada
Consorciação de Cultura
Gramínea Forrageira
Leguminosa Forrageira
Recuperação do Solo
Transferência de Tecnologia
Intercropping
Mixed cropping
Forage grasses
Forage legumes
Technology transfer
Amazonia
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Resumo:Brazil has 112 million hectares of cultivated pastures (IBGE, 2017), of which 52% are degraded and 25% in degradation (DIAS-FILHO, 2014), according to estimates. Livestock intensification is the main strategy for reconciling increased productivity with reduced environmental impacts (STRASSBURG et al,, 2014). The intensification of livestock is associated with the reform or recovery of pastures, which includes the supply of nutrients through fertilizers, mainly nitrogen (N), However, high costs limit Brazilian farmers from adopting pasture fertilization especially in the Amazon (ANDRADE, 2010; 2012), In this scenario, using grass pastures intercropped with legumes with biological N fixation capacity (FBN) becomes a practice of great interest.