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Cattle production under grazing with improved forages in the lowland tropics of Colombia

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Title Cattle production under grazing with improved forages in the lowland tropics of Colombia
 
Creator Sotelo Cabrera, Mauricio Efren
Gutiérrez Solís, Jhon Freddy
Peters, Michael
Hincapié Carvajal, Belisario
Burkart, Stefan
 
Subject cattle
sustainable intensification
livestock
tropical forages
silvopastoral systems
sistemas silvopastorales
brachiaria
 
Description * Increase in global population and changes in people’s lifestyles and diets generate high demand for animal protein sources.
* Cattle production systems in Colombia are mostly extensive and inefficient.
* The International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) works on sustainable intensification (SI) of livestock systems through improving their efficiency and productivity while mitigating negative environmental effects (e.g. deforestation, greenhouse gas emissions).
* SI of livestock systems can be achieved through selection and breeding and subsequent adoption of improved forages, which can either be used as stand-alone technology or be part of a (e.g. silvopastoral) system.
* Silvopastoral systems (SPS) have shown excellent results in terms of higher biomass production, higher animal stocking rates, better nutritional quality and positive environmental effects.
 
Date 2017
2017-11-10T15:43:29Z
2017-11-10T15:43:29Z
 
Type Poster
 
Identifier Sotelo, M.,Gutiérrez Solís, J.F., Peters, M.,Hincapié, B., Burkart, S. 2017. Cattle production under grazing with improved forages in the lowland tropics of Colombia. International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT). Cali.CO. 1p.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/89334
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Language es
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 1 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher International Center for Tropical Agriculture