This study examines whether policies to encourage cattle ranching intensification in Brazil
can abate global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by sparing land from deforestation. We …

Fed by demand for beef within Brazil and in global markets, the Brazilian herd grew from
147 million head of cattle in 1990 to≈ 200 million in 2007. Eighty-three percent of this …

A 7 year experiment (2008–2014) evaluated cattle grazing intensity (sward height) effects on
herbage mass, forage quality, and greenhouse gas emissions in continuously stocked …

Integrated Systems (IS) have been identified as an efficient land-management strategy for
restoring degraded areas worldwide, increasing crops and beef yields and providing …

With a herd of 209 million cattle, Brazilian beef production estimate for 2023 is 10,935
million tons, representing an increase of 28.9% and accounting for 20% of the world trade …

Modern intensively managed pastures that receive large external nitrogen (N) inputs
account for high N losses in form of nitrate (NO3–) leaching and emissions of the potent …

Brazil has the world's second-largest cattle herd and second-largest no-till grain crop area.
However, these activities are not frequently integrated because there is a widespread …

Objetivou-se avaliar as produtividades de grãos de milho e massa seca de braquiárias em
duas modalidades de consórcio em sistema de integração lavoura-pecuária no período de …

Signal grass (Brachiaria decumbens cv. Basilisk, syn. Urochloa decumbens Stapf RD
Webster) has been widely grown in the Brazilian tropics over the last 40 years, but …

The narrow genetic variability of grasslands and the incidence of new biotic and abiotic
stresses have motivated the selection of new Panicum maximum genotypes for use as …