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Biblioteca(s): 	Embrapa Cerrados.	
Data corrente: 	22/08/2000	
Data da última atualização: 	22/08/2000	
Autoria: 	VERA, R. R.; RIVAS, L.	
Título: 	Grasslands, cattle and land use in the neotropics and subtropics.	
Ano de publicação: 	1999	
Fonte/Imprenta: 	In: INTERNATIONAL GRASSLAND CONFERENCE, 18., 1997, Winnipeg and Saskatoon. Proceedings. [S.l.]: Canadian Forage Council/Canadian Society of Agronomy/Canadian Society of Animal Science, 1999.	
Idioma: 	Inglês	
Notas: 	Grasslands 2000.	
Conteúdo: 	The paper reviews trends in land use change in the tropics and subtropics of Latin America and their relation to the evolution of the cattle industry in the region. It is posited that horizontal expansion is nearly finished, and that the cattle sector, and the grasslands that support it, are beginning to intensify. Nevertheless, a number of paradoxes subsist and are discussed. Most notable among these are the interactions between land speculation, a characteristic aspect of much of the extensive cattle industry throughout history, and policies and technologies. An overview of grassland-based cattle systems is given and their social, economic and environmental impact are discussed, showing some of the tradeoffs between intensification, and equity. In this context, the desirability of integrating the crop and cattle enterprisses is pointd out, and some of the barely incipient trends are identified. The potential benefits brought about by public sector funded research on tropical pastures has been simulated and is summarized, implying that this area of investment has been systematically underfunded. Lastly, the overriding importance of policy changes, and their close interactions with technology developments are analyzed based on simulations ran for the region, and it is concluded that grassland and animal scientists should become more involved in policy debatesregarding development of the sector and its environmental implications.	
Thesagro: 	Campo; Cerrado; Gado.	
Thesaurus Nal: 	cattle; grasslands.	
Categoria do assunto: 	--	
Registro original: 	Embrapa Cerrados (CPAC)	
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