A sustainable system for animal production in the brazilian semi-arid region.

In the semi-arid Northeast, there are about 1.0 million of farming units. Such units operate on a region characterized by heavy constraints in tenns of soil and water resources. The production systems show a low technological pattem, in sufficient to achieve an appropriate standard of living for the farmer, and, to avoid the continuous deterioration of the natural resources, mainly of the caatinga vegetation. Some studies have shown that the subsistence type of agriculture today practiced, only is successful on three in every ten years, and that livestock production, by its lower vulnerability to drought effects, has constituted the main anti-migration factor in the semi-and region. Results of a recent study conducted by Embrapa Semi-Arid workers, including small farms of 107 counties, confrrmed that trend, showing a gross income increase as livestock participation in the farm activities becomes higher. Research on livestock Production in Nontheast has generated a vast number of technologies, which, if adequately combined and operated, can assure, with no environrnental damage, economical levels of productivity and a more equitable distribution of the benefits.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	ARAUJO, G. G. L. de, GUIMARÂES FILHO, C., SA, I. B.
Other Authors:	GHERMAN GARCIA LEAL DE ARAUJO, CPATSA; CLOVIS GUIMARÃES FILHO, CPATSA; IEDO BEZERRA SA, CPATSA.
Format:	Separatas biblioteca
Language:	English eng
Published:	2002-09-10
Subjects:	Sustentabilidade, Região semi-árida, Sustainability, Semi-arid region, Produção animal, Sistema de Produção, Caatinga., Vegetação, Animal production, farming systems,
Online Access:	http://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/138204
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