Agropastoral systems for the tropical savannas of Latin America

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dc.contributor.authorGuimaraes, E.en
dc.contributor.authorSanz, J.en
dc.contributor.authorRao, I.en
dc.contributor.authorAmezquita, M.en
dc.contributor.authorAmezquita, E.en
dc.contributor.authorThomas, R.en
dc.contributor.departmentSustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management (SANREM) Knowledgebaseen
dc.coverage.spatialLatin Americaen
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-19T18:09:05Zen
dc.date.available2016-04-19T18:09:05Zen
dc.date.issued2004en
dc.descriptionMetadata only recorden
dc.description.abstractThe savanna ecosystem of tropical Latin America (250 million hectares) is rapidly being incorporated into agricultural production, mostly monocropping and pastures, in response to population increase, demand for food, and, at the production level, demand for certain crops. In some savannas (e.g., the Brazilian Cerrados), such exploitation is degrading the land through erosion, soil compaction, loss of organic matter, inappropriate grazing, and pest and weed infestation at a rate of 2%-4% per year, which demonstrates unsustainability. This book presents agropastoral systems (zero and minimal cultivation, integration of crops and pastures) as alternatives to check the degradation of this tropical ecosystem throughout the entire region. Also described are the research, progress, and conclusions as expressed at meetings of the Agropastoral Network for the Savannas, held in Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Bolivia between 1992 and 1996. Researchers, farmers, extension workers, students, and policy makers will all recognize the usefulness of this work.en
dc.format.mimetypetext/plainen
dc.identifier553en
dc.identifier.citationCIAT Publications no. 338en
dc.identifier.isbn958-694-062-4en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/65608en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherInternational Center of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) and Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA)en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.ciat.cgiar.org/tsbf_institute/pdf/agropastoral_systems.pdfen
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderCopyright CIAT 2004. All rights reserved.en
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectParticipatory processesen
dc.subjectPasture managementen
dc.subjectSoil conservationen
dc.subjectSoil degradationen
dc.subjectSoil managementen
dc.subjectAgropastoral systemsen
dc.subjectSavannahen
dc.subjectTechnology transferen
dc.subjectAcid soilsen
dc.subjectEcosystemen
dc.titleAgropastoral systems for the tropical savannas of Latin Americaen
dc.typeAbstracten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten

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