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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Cerrados.
Data corrente: | 21/11/2000
Data da última atualização: | 21/11/2000
Autoria: | COSTA, F. P. REHMAN, T.
Título: | Exploring link between farmers' objectives and the phenomenon of pasture degradation in the beef production systems of Central Brazil.
Ano de publicação: | 1999
Fonte/Imprenta: | Agricultural Systems, v.61, p.135-146, 1999.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | In Central Brazil, half the area under sown pasture suffers from the phenomenon of pasture degradation; overgrazing is believed to be the main cause. Farmers' objectives and their links to practice of overgrazing have been explored to obtain a better understanding of the decisions related to the setting of the stocking rate. A survey of beef cattle farmers was carried out, preceded by na exploratory poll of experts on such production systems. The method of paired comparisons was used for eliciting and analvsing farmers' objectives. 'Intergenerational transfer' and 'cattle ownership' are the most dominant objectives. Because cattle ownership is implicitly included in assets involved in intergenerational transfer, possessing cattle assumes an outstanding importance in the hierarchy of farmers' objectives. These findings elucidate the paradox of overgrazing and provide a basis for treating the perception on the influence of objectives on the degradation phenomenon from being a conjecture to that of an empirically valid hypothesis. They also suggest the need for incorporating the objective 'maximise the number of cattle owned' in the analysis and modelling of stocking rate decision.
Palavras-Chave: | Brasil; Degradacao; Regiao Central.
Thesagro: | Cerrado; Gado de Corte; Pastagem.
Thesaurus Nal: | beef cattle; Brazil; degradation; pastures.
Categoria do assunto: | --
Registro original: | Embrapa Cerrados (CPAC)
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