Título:	Crop-livestock-forestry systems as a strategy for mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and enhancing the sustainability of forage-based livestock systems in the Amazon biome.
Autoria:	MONTEIRO, A. MENDES, L. B. FANCHONE, A. MORGAVI, D. P. PEDREIRA, B. C. e MAGALHÃES, C. A. de S. ABDALLA, A. L. EUGÈNE, M.
Afiliação:	ALYCE MONTEIRO, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; LUCIANO BARRETO MENDES, UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE; AUDREY FANCHONE, UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE; DIEGO PEER MORGAVI, UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE; BRUNO CARNEIRO E PEDREIRA, UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE; CIRO AUGUSTO DE SOUZA MAGALHAES, CPAMT; ADIBE LUIZ ABDALLA, UNIVERSIDADE DE SÃO PAULO; MAGUY EUGÈNE, UNIVERSITÉ CLERMONT AUVERGNE.
Ano de publicação:	2024
Referência:	Science of the Total Environment, v. 906, 167396, 2024.
Conteúdo:	Abstract: 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 systems. To assess the potential of forage-based livestock systems to offset greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, the net carbon (C) balance of four systems in the Brazilian Amazon Biome was estimated: livestock (L) with a monoculture of Marandu palisade grass [Brachiaria brizantha (Hochst. ex A. Rich.) R. D. Webster]; livestock-forestry (LF) with palisade grass intercropped with three rows of eucalyptus at 128 trees/ha; crop-livestock (CL) with soybeans and then corn + palisade grass, rotated with livestock every two years; and crop-livestock-forestry (CLF) with CL + one row of eucalyptus at 72 trees/ha. Over the four years studied, the systems with crops (CL and CLF) produced more human-edible protein than those without them (L and LF) (3010 vs. 755 kg/ha). Methane contributed the most to total GHG emissions: a mean of 85 % for L and LF and 67 % for CL and CLF. Consequently, L and LF had greater total GHG emissions (mean of 30 Mg CO2eq/ha/year). Over the four years, the system with the most negative net C balance (i.e., C storage) was LF when expressed per ha (−53.3 Mg CO2eq/ha), CLF when expressed per kg of carcass (−26 kg CO2eq/kg carcass), and LF when expressed per kg of human-edible protein (−72 kg CO2eq/kg human-edible protein). Even the L system can store C if well managed, leading to benefits such as increased meat as well as improved soil quality. Moreover, including crops and forestry in these livestock systems enhances these benefits, emphasizing the potential of integrated systems to offset GHG emissions.
NAL Thesaurus:	Agroecology Agroforestry Climate change Ecosystem services Grazing Ruminants
ISSN:	0048-9697
Digital Object Identifier:	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.167396
Tipo do material:	Artigo de periódico
Acesso:	openAccess
Aparece nas coleções:	Artigo em periódico indexado (CPAMT)