Nutrient Management in Silvopastoral Systems for Economically and Environmentally Sustainable Cattle Production: A Case Study from Colombia

In recent years, livestock production has received negative publicity due to environmental degradation. Critics charge that the expansion of cattle production around the world has destroyed the forest, increased soil erosion, and has contaminated the environment. These negative effects have been caused by poor decisions in the production system. Nevertheless, there are possible solutions. Given ongoing climate change, fears of environmental contamination, and global market competition, silvopastoral systems emerge as a valuable alternative to develop an economic, productive, and environmentally-friendly system for livestock raising in the world. The purpose of this chapter is to give a general description of the silvopastoral systems and to provide a synopsis of the main productive and environmental benefits obtained by using them for dairy and beef cattle production. Most of information in this chapter is inspired by the Colombian experience during the past 20 years.

• Publication year

  2012

• Venue

  Unknown venue

• Publication date

  2012-02-24

• Fields of study

  Agricultural and Food Sciences, Economics, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.5772/29476
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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