Urochloa in Tropical Agroecosystems

JLC Baptistella, SAL de Andrade, JL Favarin… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Increasing biodiversity is an important issue in more secure and sustainable agriculture.
Diversified systems are more resilient to climate change, environmental stresses and …

Environmental impacts in integrated production systems: An overview

AE Leite-Moraes, FG Rossato, A Susaeta… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
Production systems that do not use environmentally sustainable practices are being
pressured to change their production strategies. Conventional agricultural practices are …

Monitoring pasture aboveground biomass and canopy height in an integrated crop–livestock system using textural information from PlanetScope imagery

AA Dos Reis, JPS Werner, BC Silva, GKDA Figueiredo… - Remote Sensing, 2020 - mdpi.com
Fast and accurate quantification of the available pasture biomass is essential to support
grazing management decisions in intensively managed fields. The increasing temporal and …

Linking above and belowground carbon sequestration, soil organic matter properties, and soil health in Brazilian Atlantic Forest restoration

W Bieluczyk, FO Asselta, D Navroski, JB Gontijo… - Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Forest restoration mitigates climate change by removing CO 2 and storing C in terrestrial
ecosystems. However, incomplete information on C storage in restored tropical forests often …

The integrated farming system is an environmentally friendly and cost‐effective approach to the sustainability of agri‐food systems in the modern era of the changing …

R Bhagat, SS Walia, K Sharma, R Singh… - Food and Energy …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The integrated farming system (IFS) is a holistic farming approach specially designed for
small/marginal farmers to enhance the system productivity, profitability, and employment …

Forest restoration rehabilitates soil multifunctionality in riparian zones of sugarcane production landscapes

W Bieluczyk, LF Merloti, MR Cherubin… - Science of the Total …, 2023 - Elsevier
Brazilian sugarcane plays a vital role in the production of both sugar and renewable energy.
However, land use change and long-term conventional sugarcane cultivation have …

Intensification and diversification of pasturelands in Brazil: Patterns and driving factors in the soil carbon stocks

JM Damian, E da Silva Matos, BC e Pedreira… - Catena, 2023 - Elsevier
The extensive system of pasture management in Brazil can reduce soil C stocks and
increase CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere. However, the adoption of sustainable …

Soil carbon accumulation in crop-livestock systems in acid soil savannas of South America: A review

M Ayarza, I Rao, L Vilela, C Lascano… - Advances in …, 2022 - Elsevier
Acid soil savannas of tropical America are a vast resource to expand agricultural production,
alleviate the pressure on tropical rainforest and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …

Soil quality assessments in integrated crop–livestock–forest systems: A review

GP Valani, AF Martíni, LFS da Silva… - Soil Use and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Integrated crop–livestock–forest is a promising strategy to improve soil quality. It comprises
four different integrated farming systems: crop–livestock, crop–forest, forest–livestock and …

Evaluation of soil organic matter from integrated production systems using laser-induced fluorescence spectroscopy

AM Tadini, AAP Xavier, DMBP Milori… - Soil and Tillage …, 2021 - Elsevier
Agricultural areas under integrated production systems, such as Integrated Crop-Livestock-
Forest System (CLFS), have the potential to sequestrate carbon (C) since both Soil Organic …