Crops and livestock play a synergistic role in global food production and farmer livelihoods.
Increasingly, however, crops and livestock are produced in isolation, particularly in farms …

Intensification of livestock systems becomes essential to meet the food demand of the
growing world population, but it is important to consider the environmental impact of these …

This study evaluated pasture traits and cattle performance in silvopastoral systems (SPSs)
with Eucalyptus spp. and Urochloa spp. through a systematic review and meta-analysis …

Globally, the agricultural production system is threatened by the adversities of climate
change, land degradation, low energy productivity, and poor environmental outcomes. Thus …

Pasture-based livestock production is largely centered on monoculture systems that
degrade grasslands. In integrated crop-livestock-forestry systems a synergy is supposed to …

Climate change is a reality and global surface temperature is projected to rise substantially
in the next 80 years. Agriculture practices will have to adapt to climate change, and also help …

CONTEXT Climate change presents challenges for livestock productivity and animal health.
Thus, management strategies to mitigate the effects of the global temperature increase on …

Agroforestry systems can minimize heat stress and improve cattle welfare, but the influence
of the forest component in microclimatic changes in the southern Amazon remains unclear …

The Amazon and the Atlantic Forest are Brazilian biomes that suffered an intense land use
and land cover change, marked by the loss of native forest and expansion of agriculture and …

Accelerated energy use, negative environmental outcomes, and poor economic returns
questioned the sustainability of contemporary agricultural production systems globally. The …