Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management
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Título da fonte: | Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) |
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Resumo: | Grazing in extensive beef farming systems is often manage in an empirical way based on past experience and on the visual appreciation of animal behavior and forage potential. Records of entrances and exits of the animals in the paddocks are rare. However, knowing the occupation period and the animal density, when coupled with biomass defines the grazing pressure. This knowledge is essential for planning and making informed decisions, that influence the profitability of the farm. Moreover, adequate grazing pressure is crucial for the sustainability of many SSPs where system maintenance is dependent on the balance between grazing pressure and regeneration or maintenance of trees and shrubs. Pastor.i is a smartphone application (APP) designed to allow pasture data logging to be very simple. The application is synchronized with the website and allows the producer to have in his pocket all the farm, being possible to identify the paddock, calculate the area, record the movements of the animals and consult the occupation history of the paddock. The application calculates the actual stocking rate, that can be associated with the location of the animals, obtained if the animals are using collars with GPS, which allows to know the areas of the paddock that are most grazed, visualized through heat maps. The information enables localized actions, such as fertilizing or sowing, to improve areas that are not grazed. The application also allows you to save photos of the sward. This temporal photographic record provides information on the condition of trees, the botanical composition and on the tendency of grazing to improve or to worsen coverage. The APP is available for download, is compatible with Android and is being tested with focus groups. |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing managementstocking rateruminants,silvopastoral systemsovergrazingGrazing in extensive beef farming systems is often manage in an empirical way based on past experience and on the visual appreciation of animal behavior and forage potential. Records of entrances and exits of the animals in the paddocks are rare. However, knowing the occupation period and the animal density, when coupled with biomass defines the grazing pressure. This knowledge is essential for planning and making informed decisions, that influence the profitability of the farm. Moreover, adequate grazing pressure is crucial for the sustainability of many SSPs where system maintenance is dependent on the balance between grazing pressure and regeneration or maintenance of trees and shrubs. Pastor.i is a smartphone application (APP) designed to allow pasture data logging to be very simple. The application is synchronized with the website and allows the producer to have in his pocket all the farm, being possible to identify the paddock, calculate the area, record the movements of the animals and consult the occupation history of the paddock. The application calculates the actual stocking rate, that can be associated with the location of the animals, obtained if the animals are using collars with GPS, which allows to know the areas of the paddock that are most grazed, visualized through heat maps. The information enables localized actions, such as fertilizing or sowing, to improve areas that are not grazed. The application also allows you to save photos of the sward. This temporal photographic record provides information on the condition of trees, the botanical composition and on the tendency of grazing to improve or to worsen coverage. The APP is available for download, is compatible with Android and is being tested with focus groups.2019-02-27T00:18:42Z2019-02-272018-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceObjecthttp://hdl.handle.net/10174/25037http://hdl.handle.net/10174/25037porIV Congreso Nacional de Sistemas Silvopastoriles: una oportunidad para el desarollo sustentable. 31 Outubro -2 de Novembro, Villa la Angostura, Neuquén, Argentinasimsimsimelsaba@uevora.ptmifo@uevora.ptabreu@uevora.ptpds@uevora.ptlmr@uevora.ptSales-Baptista, ElviraFerraz-de-Oliveira, Maria IsabelCancela d'Abreu, ManuelSalgueiro, PedroRato, Luís Miguelinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2024-01-03T19:18:46Zoai:dspace.uevora.pt:10174/25037Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-20T01:15:38.622981Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management Sales-Baptista, Elvira stocking rate ruminants, silvopastoral systems overgrazing |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Pastor.i: a smartphone application to facilitate grazing management |
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Sales-Baptista, Elvira |
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Sales-Baptista, Elvira Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel Cancela d'Abreu, Manuel Salgueiro, Pedro Rato, Luís Miguel |
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Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel Cancela d'Abreu, Manuel Salgueiro, Pedro Rato, Luís Miguel |
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Sales-Baptista, Elvira Ferraz-de-Oliveira, Maria Isabel Cancela d'Abreu, Manuel Salgueiro, Pedro Rato, Luís Miguel |
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stocking rate ruminants, silvopastoral systems overgrazing |
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stocking rate ruminants, silvopastoral systems overgrazing |
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Grazing in extensive beef farming systems is often manage in an empirical way based on past experience and on the visual appreciation of animal behavior and forage potential. Records of entrances and exits of the animals in the paddocks are rare. However, knowing the occupation period and the animal density, when coupled with biomass defines the grazing pressure. This knowledge is essential for planning and making informed decisions, that influence the profitability of the farm. Moreover, adequate grazing pressure is crucial for the sustainability of many SSPs where system maintenance is dependent on the balance between grazing pressure and regeneration or maintenance of trees and shrubs. Pastor.i is a smartphone application (APP) designed to allow pasture data logging to be very simple. The application is synchronized with the website and allows the producer to have in his pocket all the farm, being possible to identify the paddock, calculate the area, record the movements of the animals and consult the occupation history of the paddock. The application calculates the actual stocking rate, that can be associated with the location of the animals, obtained if the animals are using collars with GPS, which allows to know the areas of the paddock that are most grazed, visualized through heat maps. The information enables localized actions, such as fertilizing or sowing, to improve areas that are not grazed. The application also allows you to save photos of the sward. This temporal photographic record provides information on the condition of trees, the botanical composition and on the tendency of grazing to improve or to worsen coverage. The APP is available for download, is compatible with Android and is being tested with focus groups. |
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