Tradeoffs in the quest for climate smart agricultural intensification in Mato Grosso, Brazil.

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dc.contributorJuliana Dias Bernardes Gil, Wageningen University/Boston University
dc.contributorRachael D. Garrett, Boston University
dc.contributorAlan Rotz, USDA-ARS-Pasture Systems andWatershed Management Research Unit
dc.contributorVassilis Daioglou, PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency/Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development
dc.contributorJUDSON FERREIRA VALENTIM, CPAF-AC
dc.contributorGabrielle F. Pires, Universidade Federal de Visçosa (UFV)
dc.contributorMarcos H. Costa, Universidade Federal de Viçosa (UFV)
dc.contributorLUCIANO BASTOS LOPES, CPAMT
dc.contributorJULIO CESAR DOS REIS, CPAMT.
dc.creatorGIL, J. D. B.
dc.creatorGARRETT, R. D.
dc.creatorROTZ, A.
dc.creatorDAIOGLOU, V.
dc.creatorVALENTIM, J. F.
dc.creatorPIRES, G. F.
dc.creatorCOSTA, M. H.
dc.creatorLOPES, L. B.
dc.creatorREIS, J. C. dos
dc.date2018-06-09T01:22:28Z
dc.date2018-06-09T01:22:28Z
dc.date2018-06-08
dc.date2018
dc.date2018-06-09T01:22:28Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-30T22:51:21Z
dc.descriptionLow productivity cattle ranching, with its linkages to rural poverty, deforestation and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, remains one of the largest sustainability challenges in Brazil and has impacts worldwide. There is a nearly universal call to intensify extensive beef cattle production systems to spare land for crop production and nature and to meet Brazil?s Intended Nationally Determined Contribution to reducing global climate change. However, different interventions aimed at the intensification of livestock systems in Brazil may involve substantial social and environmental tradeoffs. Here we examine these tradeoffs using a whole-farm model calibrated for the Brazilian agricultural frontier state ofMato Grosso, one of the largest soybean and beef cattle production regions in the world. Specifically, we compare the costs and benefits of a typical extensive, continuously grazed cattle system relative to a specialized soybean production system and two improved cattle management strategies (rotational grazing and integrated soybean-cattle) under different climate scenarios.We found clear tradeoffs in GHG and nitrogen emissions, climate resilience, and water and energy use across these systems. Relative to continuously grazed or rotationally grazed cattle systems, the integreated soybean-cattle system showed higher food production and lower GHG emissions per unit of human digestible protein, as well as increased resilience under climate change (both in terms of productivity and financial returns). All systems suffered productivity and profitability losses under severe climate change, highlighting the need for climate smart agricultural development strategies in the region. By underscoring the economic feasibility of improving the performance of cattle systems, and by quantifying the tradeoffs of each option, our results are useful for directing agricultural and climate policy.
dc.identifierEnvironmental Research Letters, v. 13, n. 6, June 2018.
dc.identifier1748-9326 (online)
dc.identifierhttp://www.alice.cnptia.embrapa.br/alice/handle/doc/1092373
dc.identifier10.1088/1748-9326/aac4d1
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/369598
dc.languageeng
dc.rightsopenAccess
dc.subjectPecuária extensiva
dc.subjectGanado bovino
dc.subjectDeforestación
dc.subjectEfecto invernadero
dc.subjectReducción de riesgos
dc.subjectAgricultura sustentable
dc.subjectSistemas agrícolas integrados
dc.subjectPecuária
dc.subjectCriação Extensiva
dc.subjectImpacto Ambiental
dc.subjectDesmatamento
dc.subjectEfeito Estufa
dc.subjectRedução
dc.subjectAgricultura Sustentável
dc.subjectSistema de Pastejo
dc.subjectExtensive farming
dc.subjectCattle
dc.subjectEnvironmental impact
dc.subjectDeforestation
dc.subjectGreenhouse effect
dc.subjectRisk reduction
dc.subjectSustainable agriculture
dc.subjectIntegrated agricultural systems
dc.titleTradeoffs in the quest for climate smart agricultural intensification in Mato Grosso, Brazil.
dc.typeArtigo de periódico

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