Brazilian agroforestry systems for cattle and sheep.

• Autor(a) principal: ALMEIDA, R. G. de
• Data de Publicação: 2013
• Outros Autores: ANDRADE, C. M. S. de, PACIULLO, D. S. C., FERNANDES, P. C. C., CAVALCANTE, A. C. R., BARBOSA, R. A., VALLE, C. B. do
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da EMBRAPA (Repository Open Access to Scientific Information from EMBRAPA - Alice)
• Texto Completo: http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/970766
• topic: Sistema Agroflorestal (SAF); Integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta (iLPF); Agroforestería; Investigación agraria; Política pública; Agrossilvicultura; Políticas públicas; Pesquisa agrícola; Transferência de Tecnologia; Agroforestry; Public policy; Agricultural research; Technology transfer

Agroforestry systems for animal husbandry, including integrated crop-livestock-forest systems (ICLF) are rather diversified in the five Brazilian regions. They present several technical, environmental and socioeconomic benefits. However they are not broadly adopted, mainly because of their higher complexity compared with traditional systems as well as a certain lack of understanding by farmers regarding their benefits. To change this situation, in the last five years, the Brazilian government has directed financial resources for credit as well as for research and technology transfer addressing ICLF systems, including good agricultural practices and mitigation of greenhouse gases emissions. The goal is to improve competitiveness of the Brazilian agribusiness sector.