Silvopastoral systems with traditional management in southeastern Mexico: a prototype of livestock agroforestry for cleaner production

Nahed-Toral, José; Valdivieso-Pérez, A.; Aguilar-Jimenez, R.; Córdova, Julio Cámara; Grande-Cano, D.

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.06.020

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“…give a lot of other benefits in livestock production [31] [55] [58] [59] [60], especially when managed with a greater trees density [61]. Thus benefit not only includes animal welfare, but that also improves: soil fertility by nutrient dynamics; forage production; carrying capacity of the land; environmental conditions, increasing relative humidity, carbon sequestration/accumulation and reducing greenhouse gas emissions [62].…”

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Arboreal/Arbustive Component Associated to Livestock Systems in San Vicente del Caguán Municipality, Caquetá—Colombia

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Livestock is the most important economic activity in San Vicente del Caguán municipality, Caquetá department (located in Colombian Amazon region). Indeed, livestock activities have a big responsibility of Colombian Amazon forest deforestation for extensive grazing lands formation, causing soil degradation processes. However, recently some cattle ranchers have changed their thoughts to a sustainable production, applying different ecological strategies. So, application of silvopastoral systems, which is a very important mode of agroforestry, consists that in the same area and time, it can interact in the ecosystem stratums different species among grasses, shrubs, and trees. On this way, the objective of this study is to determine descriptively the arboreal/arbustive component associated to livestock systems, represented according to its uses in San Vicente del Caguán, Colombia. It was made through a direct survey to 13 smallholders in this municipality. As a result, mainly, we found 58 plant species (49 arboreal and nine arbustive, corresponding to 84.48% and 15.52%, respectively). Of these, 20 species had more than one use at a time. In fact, the shade was the use most common with 29 species, corresponding to 34.94% of total species (25 arboreal and just four arbustive, corresponding to 30.12% and 4.82%, respectively). On this way, according to smallholders surveyed, we can conclude that shade provided by trees integration in silvopastoral systems is for diminishing heat stress on cattle caused by enduring climate change of tropical, thus contributing to good welfare for animals.

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Arboreal/Arbustive Component Associated to Livestock Systems in San Vicente del Caguán Municipality, Caquetá—Colombia

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“…In addition, clear cutting entails a loss of a source of food, since many shrub and arboreal species of tropical environments are palatable and nutritious for the domestic animals. Another factor to consider is the effect of these processes on climate change, as the potential of soils to act as organic carbon sinks would be noticeably reduced [70,71].…”

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The Impact of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry on the Biophysical Characteristics of Soils in Neotropical Agroecosystems

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Abstract:The neotropical agroecosystems are important areas in the global scene in terms of livestock production. Therefore, a good conservation of their soils is crucial in order to both guarantee food safety and reduce the impact of land degradation processes. Conservation of neotropical soils used for farming activities could be obtained using veterinary medicine and adopting new grazing systems in the last decades. A wide bibliographical review was carried out which illustrates current issues in neotropical agroecosystems, the importance of their soil properties highlighting the role played by dung beetles within the edaphofauna, and the effects of the most common anti-parasitic practices as well as some natural alternatives. Finally, we present commonly adopted grazing systems and how they are affecting soil properties and animal welfare. The conversion of forest into agricultural and pasture land is altering the biochemical quality of soils. Furthermore, the use of ivermectin is dangerously reducing the total amount of dung beetles that are a key element in nutrient recycling processes. The implementation of new grazing systems (e.g., Voisin, Savory) is progressively fragmenting the habitat of many species. Nevertheless, there are also some benefits in this kind of practices and some natural alternatives to anthelmintics are being tested.

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“…In windy regions where temperatures can be extreme, trees also provide protection to animals (Lynch and Donnelly, 1980). Living fences are another use for arboreal legumes in silvopastures (Nahed-Toral et al, 2013), although establishment of palatable species in grazed pastures can be challenging (Love et al, 2009).…”

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“…These include Leucaena spp., Sesbania sesban, Gliricidia sepium, Acacia spp., Callliandra spp., Mimosa spp., and Chaecystisus palmensis among a few others (Argel et al, 1998). However, compared with the vast array of locally and pan-tropically available germplasm that has not received attention outside their areas of origin, for example numerous native species in Mexico (Nahed-Toral et al, 2013), these are a tiny fraction of what is available. This very limited genetic range in currently available germplasm can bottleneck edapho-climatic adaptation to newly introduced systems and, consequently, application to the myriad warm-climate production systems that could benefit from arboreal tree legumes for silvopasture.…”

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Tree legumes: an underexploited resource in warm-climate silvopastures

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-Tree legumes are an underexploited resource in warm-climate silvopastures. Perceived benefits of tree legumes include provisioning (browse/mast, timber, fuel, human food, natural medicines, and ornamentals), regulating (C sequestration, greenhouse gas mitigation, soil erosion control and riparian buffers, shade, windbreaks, and habitat for pollinators), supporting (biological N 2 -fixation, nutrient cycling, soil fertility and soil health, photosynthesis, and primary productivity), and cultural ecosystem services. Tree legumes, however, have not been assessed to the same extent as herbaceous legumes. Once tree legumes are established, they are often more persistent than most herbaceous legumes. There are limitations for extended research with tree legume silvopastures, but extensive research has been done in Africa and Australia and recent efforts have been reported in South America. Economic benefits must be demonstrated to land managers to increase adoption. These benefits are apparent in the research and successes already available, but more long-term research, including the livestock component is necessary. Other factors that reduce adoption include paucity of domesticated germplasm, lag in research/technology, challenges of multipurpose trees and management complexity, challenges to mechanization, dangers of invasive weeds, and social and cultural barriers. In the current scenario of climate change and the need to increase food security, tree legumes are a key component for the sustainable intensification of livestock systems in warm-climate regions.Key Words: biological N 2 fixation, ecosystem services, grassland, nutrient cycling, tropical Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia

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Silvopastoral systems with traditional management in southeastern Mexico: a prototype of livestock agroforestry for cleaner production

Cited by 59 publications

References 22 publications

Arboreal/Arbustive Component Associated to Livestock Systems in San Vicente del Caguán Municipality, Caquetá—Colombia

Arboreal/Arbustive Component Associated to Livestock Systems in San Vicente del Caguán Municipality, Caquetá—Colombia

The Impact of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry on the Biophysical Characteristics of Soils in Neotropical Agroecosystems

Tree legumes: an underexploited resource in warm-climate silvopastures

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Silvopastoral systems with traditional management in southeastern Mexico: a prototype of livestock agroforestry for cleaner production

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The Impact of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Husbandry on the Biophysical Characteristics of Soils in Neotropical Agroecosystems

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Arboreal/Arbustive Component Associated to Livestock Systems in San Vicente del Caguán Municipality, Caquetá—Colombia

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