Herbicide use is increasingly being adopted around the world. Many develo** countries
(India, China, Bangladesh) are facing shortages of workers to hand weed fields as millions …

Poultry litter is characterized as a heterogeneous compound produced after a poultry
production cycle, being the sum of the material used as bedding in association with the …

This study examines whether policies to encourage cattle ranching intensification in Brazil
can abate global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by sparing land from deforestation. We …

Estimates are that in Brazil there are about 180 million hectares of pasturelands, 70% with
some degree of degradation. Reclamation of such areas demands re-establishment of soil …

Fed by demand for beef within Brazil and in global markets, the Brazilian herd grew from
147 million head of cattle in 1990 to≈ 200 million in 2007. Eighty-three percent of this …

By combining crop, livestock and/or forestry activities in the same area, integrated systems
(IS) can increase organic matter content in the soil–which favors biomass production and …

The Brazilian government aims at augmenting the area cropped under no-tillage (NT) from
32 to 40 million ha by 2020 as a means to mitigate CO2 emissions. We estimated soil …

Agricultural management practices that promote net carbon (C) accumulation in the soil
have been considered as an important potential mitigation option to combat global warming …

No-till (NT) crop** systems have been widely promoted in many regions as an important
tool to enhance soil quality and improve agronomic productivity. However, knowledge of …

The use of remote sensing is necessary for monitoring forest carbon stocks at large scales.
Optical remote sensing, although not the most suitable technique for the direct estimation of …