Ecological considerations in sustainable silvopasture design and management

Jose, Shibu; Walter, Dusty; Kumar, B. Mohan

doi:10.1007/s10457-016-0065-2

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“…El uso de técnicas de monitoreo acústico muestra tener un gran potencial ya que puede ser fácilmente estandarizada y aplicada a gran escala para proveer indicadores del impacto y la sostenibilidad de la industria agrícola (Doohan et al, 2019). Es importante que se propicie que los sistemas silvopastoriles generen una estructura más heterogénea y se conviertan en hábitat para otras plantas y animales, de forma que ayuden a incrementar la biodiversidad y mantener diferentes procesos ecológicos vitales en los paisajes ganaderos (Jose et al, 2019;Murgueitio et al, 2013;Rivera et al, 2013).…”

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Diferencias en paisajes sonoros de sistemas silvopastoriles y potreros tradicionales del piedemonte llanero, Meta, Colombia

Morales-Rozo

Lizcano²,

Arango

et al. 2021

Biota

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Registramos el paisaje sonoro en cuatro fincas ganaderas en el piedemonte llanero del departamento del Meta, Colombia. Se utilizaron ocho grabadoras acústicas, cuatro en silvopastoriles de potreros arbolados y cuatro en sistemas de ganadería tradicional. Cada grabadora estuvo grabando 1 minuto cada 10 minutos, durante un promedio de 4 días, en noviembre de 2019. Se obtuvieron 4743 grabaciones de un minuto, 57.3% para sistemas de potreros tradicionales y 42.7% para potreros arbolados. Se encontraron diferencias en la actividad acústica y el uso del espacio acústico, el cual está relacionado a la distancia a las quebradas. Las variables distancia a vías y a quebradas explicaron la variación de riqueza de aves y anuros, la cual fue menor para potreros arbolados en relación a los potreros tradicionales, lo que puede estar relacionado con el diseño del sistema silvopatoril (monocultivo de falso yopo, Mimosa trianae). Futuras iniciativas silvopastoriles deberían incluir diseños más diversos para poder contrastar el tipo de métricas evaluadas en este estudio.

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Diferencias en paisajes sonoros de sistemas silvopastoriles y potreros tradicionales del piedemonte llanero, Meta, Colombia

Morales-Rozo

Lizcano²,

Arango

et al. 2021

Biota

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“…Designing and maintaining productive silvopastoral systems adapted to each local context can be challenging. To address this challenge, Jose et al (2019) proposed a key design criterion which was to optimize the use of spatial, temporal, and physical resources, by maximizing positive (facilitation) and minimizing negative (competition) interactions among system components. These complex systems are not removed from the ecological principles that guide and direct interactions among trees, forages, and livestock.…”

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“…There is growing body of evidence that agroforestry, when properly designed and managed, can provide the environmental accountability being demanded by the public while enhancing production. Silvopasture, an agroforestry system that combines trees and livestock with forage to form a carefully designed system, has gained popularity in recent years as an environmentally friendly alternative land use system that is economically viable (Jose et al 2019). The wild expression of this system is the savanna, which is a mid-successional system of grasslands interspersed with trees and shrubs (Freeman and Jose 2009).…”

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Silvopasture: a sustainable livestock production system

2019

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Silvopasture, as an integrated land use practice that combines trees, forage and livestock, has been in existence for millennia. There are many variants of this land use in both the temperate and tropical regions of the world practiced at small and large scales. Modern silvopasture; however, is not just a new name for an old practice. It is rooted in sound ecological principles and demands skills in managing complexity. Scientific evidence of the ecological and economic benefits of silvopasture has been accumulating rapidly over the last few years and hence the objective of this thematic issue was to bring together a collection of original research and review articles that dealt with these different dimensions. There are 28 articles included in this thematic issue categorized into four groups based on their primary focus, (1) forage production and quality (2) livestock performance (3) environmental benefits, and (4) challenges in designing and developing silvopasture. The information presented has deepened our understanding of some of the biophysical and socioeconomic dimensions of silvopastoral systems; however, it also has revealed some of the research gaps. Addressing these research gaps will help improve not only the economic and environmental sustainability of these systems, but their social acceptability as well.

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“…Marginal agricultural lands are often a source of non‐ or underperforming agricultural operations, but they could be reliable for biofuel production (DeBolt, Campbell, Smith, Montross, & Stork, 2009). Dual‐purpose bioenergy and grazing in silvopastures could achieve production, wildlife, biodiversity, and ecological benefits (Jose, Walter, & Kumar, 2017). Diversifying the agricultural landscape .…”

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Focusing the future of farming on agroecology

Franzluebbers

Wendroth

Creamer

et al. 2020

Agricultural & Env Letters

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The future of humanity and how agriculture can continue to support the food and fiber needs of a burgeoning population are threatened by agriculture's persistent negative effects on the environment. Essential natural resources that will be needed in increasingly greater capacity are being undermined by agricultural practices that continue to deplete the soil resource base, pollute freshwater and coastal estuaries needed for life support, reduce habitat to support biodiversity, and emit harmful greenhouse gases that compromise our ability to withstand changes to the climate. Solutions to these problems are available in known and increasingly well documented approaches using agroecological principles that manage food production in harmony with nature, not against it. This commentary provides a message that we should be seeking healing of our planet, not just less harm than in the past. It is an important distinction that needs to be considered for the future health of people and the planet.

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Ecological considerations in sustainable silvopasture design and management

Cited by 115 publications

References 54 publications

Diferencias en paisajes sonoros de sistemas silvopastoriles y potreros tradicionales del piedemonte llanero, Meta, Colombia

Diferencias en paisajes sonoros de sistemas silvopastoriles y potreros tradicionales del piedemonte llanero, Meta, Colombia

Silvopasture: a sustainable livestock production system

Focusing the future of farming on agroecology

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