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Biblioteca(s): | Embrapa Amazônia Oriental.
Data corrente: | 10/03/2010
Data da última atualização: | 09/11/2022
Autoria: | BARBOSA, T. M. F.; TOURRAND, J. F.; NAHUM, B. S.; VEIGA, J. B. da; QUANZ, D.; SIST, P.; SCOPEL, E.; HOMEM, V. S. F.
Afiliação: | T. M. F. BARBOSA, UNB; JEAN-FRANÇOIS TOURRAND, UNB/CIRAD; BENJAMIM DE SOUZA NAHUM, CPATU; JONAS BASTOS DA VEIGA, CPATU; DARCISIO QUANZ, CPATU; PLINIO SIST, CIRAD/EMBRAPA; E. SCOPEL, CIRAD/EMBRAPA; V. S. F. HOMEM, MINISTERIO DA AGRICULTURA.
Título: | Well-being, work comfort and food security are better than maximizing production in the Amazon.
Ano de publicação: | 2008
Fonte/Imprenta: | In: WORLD CONGRESS OF RURAL SOCIOLOGY, 12., 2008, Goyang. Envisioning prosperous rural futures in a globalizing world. [S.l.]: IRSA, 2008.
Idioma: | Inglês
Conteúdo: | In the Amazon, slash and burn is the most common technique used by American-Indians, small farmers and even big ranches to transform forests into rural landscapes. The basis of food subsistence for diverse populations (rice, corn and bean), slash and burn is also a must for the plantation of cocoa, coffee, palms and pastures. The Amazonian rural landscape is currently dominated by pastures, occupying around 80 % of the deforested surface. Even if the nature of the plantation varies according to location, height, soil type and local traditions, slash and burn remains relatively the same in all regions. Agro-ecological intensification and the integration of livestock and agriculture is 2-3 decades old. Different alternatives have been tested, particularly the introduction of leguminous (covering the land or forming trees) to improve the soil and to build a bank of proteins for cattle. New techniques for the recuperation of pasture lands have become widely popular among ranches. The introduction of one or two annual plantations between two pasture areas allows reestablishing fertility through the injection of nitrates and, as a result, increases the pasture?s productivity. However, being relatively high-cost because of its demand in terms of mechanization and inputs, this technique is almost unaffordable for small Amazonian farmers...
Palavras-Chave: | Agroecologia.
Thesaurus Nal: | Amazonia.
Categoria do assunto: | --
URL: | http://ainfo.cnptia.embrapa.br/digital/bitstream/item/38906/1/SP6230.pdf
Registro original: | Embrapa Amazônia Oriental (CPATU)
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