Dynamics of forage mass, air temperature and animal performance in a silvopastoral system of Uruguay

Fedrigo, Jean Kássio; Cruz, R. Santa; Benítez, Valentina; Courdin, Virginia; Ferreira, Gustavo; Posse, J. P.; Viñoles, C.

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“…Otro aspecto relevante es que, en el primer invierno de vida, las terneras están sometidas a estrés nutricional y por frío (Figura 2). Por lo tanto, la suplementación en su primer invierno de vida y el uso de árboles en el sistema, permitirían mejorar el bienestar y la productividad de éstos animales (Fedrigo et al, 2019;Viñoles et al, 2009).…”

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“…A pesar de que el pastoreo en montes densos difiere sustancialmente de un SSP, presenta algunas ventajas para la recría de hembras. Las tasas de ganancia de peso de vaquillonas pastoreando montes de pino (densidad inicial de 1000 árboles/ha) en verano y otoño son mayores, y las pérdidas en su segundo invierno de vida son menores que en vaquillonas pastoreando en áreas sin árboles (Fedrigo et al, 2019). Además, ocurren cambios en el patrón de pastoreo de las vaquillonas asociados a cambios en la calidad del forraje y microclima, que explican las mayores tasas de ganancia de peso de las que pastorean áreas forestadas respecto a las que pastorean áreas no forestadas (Figura 3).…”

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“…El campo natural integrado al componente arbóreo presenta modificaciones estructurales, taxonómicas y químicas. En el componente animal, se observan beneficios en el bienestar ante situaciones climáticas extremas (invierno y verano; (Fedrigo et al, 2019). Estos beneficios pueden ser explicados por una mejora en la calidad del forraje disponible o por un menor gasto energético que realiza el animal para mantener su temperatura corporal, y redundaría en una mayor tasa de ganancia y peso vivo de los animales, con importantes repercusiones en la productividad futura de los mismos (Fedrigo et al, 2019).…”

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“…En el componente animal, se observan beneficios en el bienestar ante situaciones climáticas extremas (invierno y verano; (Fedrigo et al, 2019). Estos beneficios pueden ser explicados por una mejora en la calidad del forraje disponible o por un menor gasto energético que realiza el animal para mantener su temperatura corporal, y redundaría en una mayor tasa de ganancia y peso vivo de los animales, con importantes repercusiones en la productividad futura de los mismos (Fedrigo et al, 2019). El interés nacional por los sistemas integrados ganadería-agricultura-forestación se visualiza en la década de los 90, a través del trabajo titulado "Diagnóstico de sistemas agroforestales del Uruguay" (Torres et al, 1995) y la generación de conocimiento en la temática (Olmos et al, 2011).…”

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Avances en el conocimiento sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles en Uruguay

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Silvopastoral systems (SPS) constitute a type of agroforestry system that integrates the forestry, forage and animal components in a balanced way, and allows diversified income and the environment and ecosystem to be preserved. They differ from conventional forest plantations because they integrate the tree component into livestock production at low densities, improving the services provided by pasture. The SPS timidly begin to settle in Uruguay along with the forest expansion of the 90s, regaining momentum in 2005 and consolidating in 2011. The greatest limitations for the dissemination and adoption of the SPS initially identified are being overcome, giving rise to the creation of teaching, research and extension platforms. The generation of knowledge in planned situations to exploit the synergies between the different components begins to consolidate and the first results allow Uruguay to be placed in a prominent point in the subject. The creation of strategic inter-institutional networks to design long-term experiments will allow a better understanding of the biotic and abiotic interactions of SPS and their positioning as sustainable livestock systems.

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“…SP improves pasture quality under tree canopies [2], increases biodiversity [3], has higher carbon sequestration potential than monoculture [4] and open pasture [5], enables more thermal comfort for animals [6][7][8][9], and collaborates with animal welfare [10,11]. Silvopastoral areas have the potential to reduce wind speed by 29-58% and solar radiation by 14-58% [12].…”

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Effect of the Silvopastoral System on the Thermal Comfort of Lambs in a Subtropical Climate: A Preliminary Study

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The silvopastoral system has the potential to alleviate the negative impacts of heat stress on livestock. Through a preliminary study, we assessed the thermal environment experienced by hair coat lambs, as well as the impacts on their bio-thermal and behavioural responses, when either kept in either the silvopastoral system, or exposed to full sun. Twelve hair coat lambs (Dorper × Santa Ines) were randomly assigned to a silvopastoral system or full sun exposure during the summer (from January to February 2017). Parameters, including air temperature, black globe temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and ground surface temperature, were measured daily for both thermal environments. From 14:00 to 16:00, lambs kept in silvopastoral areas experienced lower levels of air temperature, radiant heat load, and ground surface temperature. Consequently, they had a lower hair coat surface and lower body rectal temperatures. Lambs exposed to a shaded environment spent more time grazing and walking, and less time standing at rest. In conclusion, lambs kept in a silvopastoral system experienced lower levels of radiant heat load and ground surface temperature. In addition, the animals showed a reduced requirement for evaporative cooling and expressed behaviours that indicated a comfortable thermal environment.

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Stakeholders’ engagement platform to identify sustainable pathways for the development of multi-functional agroforestry in Guadeloupe, French West Indies

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Social innovation is critical in shaping human-forest relationships and how farmers and scientists engage with each other to design sustainability transitions. This paper reports on the outputs of a participatory stakeholders’ engagement platform that was designed to draw on local farmers’ knowledge and experience in identifying sustainable pathways for the development of multi-functional agroforestry in Guadeloupe. Two participatory workshops were organised that aimed to gain insights into the reality faced by farmers, in particular: (i) their vision of the future, needs and aspirations; (ii) their understanding of barriers and enablers in relation to the sustainability challenges they are confronted with and; (iii) their framing of human–environment relationships in socio-ecological systems. Outputs of the activities were synthetized by the research team and represented graphically for analysis. Results show that while farmers envision prosperous multifunctional forest farms in the future, they have to face complex challenges that require solutions at multiple scales and suggest different types of innovation: social, institutional, market-based and technical. Farmers saw themselves as being part of the socio-ecological system and as custodians of the natural environment. We discuss the implications of those results in the context of the absence of a system of innovation for agroforestry in Guadeloupe and highlight the opportunity for a innovation ecosystem thinking approach that integrates better the agricultural and forestry sectors, but also between actors and scales of governance. Implementation of a Stewardship status would enable farmers achieve their vision and embrace a custodian role vis-à-vis the agroforest. Embededment of the stakeholders’ engagement platform and its enabling processes in the innovation ecosystem is key to achieve those objectives.

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Dynamics of forage mass, air temperature and animal performance in a silvopastoral system of Uruguay

Cited by 15 publications

References 25 publications

Avances en el conocimiento sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles en Uruguay

Avances en el conocimiento sobre Sistemas Silvopastoriles en Uruguay

Effect of the Silvopastoral System on the Thermal Comfort of Lambs in a Subtropical Climate: A Preliminary Study

Stakeholders’ engagement platform to identify sustainable pathways for the development of multi-functional agroforestry in Guadeloupe, French West Indies

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