The potential of silvopasture in the mid-atlantic USA: insights from land managers on motivations, challenges, and production features
Agroforestry Systems,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
99(3)
Опубликована: Фев. 19, 2025
Язык: Английский
Gestión Integrada en Ganadería Automatizada: Sostenibilidad y Rentabilidad (Revisión)
Estudios y Perspectivas Revista Científica y Académica,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
5(1), С. 1212 - 1231
Опубликована: Фев. 18, 2025
La
ganadería
automatizada
está
transformando
la
productividad
y
sostenibilidad
del
sector,
enfrentando
desafíos
tanto
ambientales
como
económicos.
Este
estudio
se
centró
en
analizar
cómo
los
sistemas
de
gestión
integrados
impactan
rentabilidad
ganadería.
Se
realizó
una
revisión
exhaustiva
literatura
reciente
sobre
tecnologías
el
IoT
inteligencia
artificial
aplicadas
a
este
ámbito.
Los
hallazgos
mostraron
que
automatización
permite
un
uso
más
eficiente
recursos,
disminuye
huella
carbono
promueve
bienestar
animal,
aunque
altos
costos
iniciales
escasez
personal
capacitado
son
obstáculos
para
su
implementación.
identificaron
modelos
exitosos
combinan
sostenibilidad,
logrando
mayor
eficiencia
rentabilidad.
En
conclusión,
adopción
es
esencial
lograr
competitiva
sostenible.
Es
crucial
desarrollar
estrategias
financiamiento
capacitación
faciliten
esta
adopción,
asegurando
beneficios
económicos
ambientales.
Agroforestry Practices and Systems in the Temperate and Boreal Regions
Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 109 - 142
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025
Agroforestry,
which
integrates
trees
and
shrubs
into
agricultural
systems,
presents
significant
environmental
economic
advantages.
This
chapter
explores
its
current
state
future
in
temperate
boreal
regions,
each
with
unique
climates
challenges.
In
areas,
practices
like
alley
cropping,
silvopasture,
windbreaks
enhance
soil
health,
reduce
erosion,
boost
biodiversity,
while
also
providing
ecological
services
such
as
carbon
sequestration
wildlife
habitats.
Boreal
agroforestry
adapts
to
harsh
shelterbelts
reforestation,
focusing
on
cold-resistant
species
improve
fertility
manage
snow
cover.
Challenges
include
high
initial
investment
maintenance
costs
limited
options
due
extreme
cold
areas.
Ongoing
research
technological
advancements
promise
address
these
challenges,
innovations
selection
policy
support
expected
the
sustainability
productivity
of
benefiting
both
conservation
agriculture.
Язык: Английский
Traditional Agroforestry Practices
Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 29 - 72
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025
Traditional
agroforestry
practices
integrate
trees
and
shrubs
into
agricultural
landscapes
are
deeply
informed
by
indigenous
knowledge
systems.
These
practices,
shaped
millennia
of
observation,
offer
insights
sustainable
land
management.
Indigenous
enhances
understanding
local
ecosystems,
soil
types,
climatic
conditions,
resulting
in
techniques
that
balance
production
with
ecological
conservation.
Examples
include
the
“milpa”
system
Mesoamerica,
which
combines
maize,
beans,
squash
diverse
trees,
“taungya”
Southeast
Asia,
merges
crops
young
tree
plantations.
foster
biodiversity,
promote
various
plant
species
for
economic
benefits,
reflect
a
keen
awareness
seasonal
cycles,
maximizing
yields
while
minimizing
environmental
impact.
Despite
facing
modern
challenges
like
tenure
issues,
integrating
scientific
approaches
can
enhance
sustainability
resilience
systems,
crucial
addressing
challenges.
Язык: Английский
Biodiversity Boost
Asanka Tennakoon,
Malitha P. W. Tharindi,
Nipuni Madhushani
и другие.
Advances in environmental engineering and green technologies book series,
Год журнала:
2025,
Номер
unknown, С. 259 - 298
Опубликована: Фев. 28, 2025
This
chapter
discusses
the
ecological
benefits
of
agroforestry
systems
(AFS),
a
sustainable
land-use
system
integrating
trees
and
shrubs
with
crops
livestock.
AFS
offers
multifaceted
solution
to
biodiversity
loss,
climate
change,
environmental
degradation.
Further,
this
section
interprets
how
promotes
by
enhancing
genetic,
species,
ecosystem
diversity
compares
its
impact
monoculture
systems.
By
improving
habitat
complexity
supporting
diverse
contribute
balance,
food
security,
resilience.
also
highlights
successful
practices
from
different
regions
outlines
socio-economic
policy
challenges
broader
implementation,
providing
insights
into
future
research
land
management
strategies.
Язык: Английский
Dairy Goat Production Systems: A Comprehensive Analysis to Reframe Their Global Diversity
Animals,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
14(24), С. 3717 - 3717
Опубликована: Дек. 23, 2024
This
review
aims
to
emphasize
the
important
role
that
goats
and
dairy
play
for
many
small-scale
rural
families
worldwide,
as
well
introduce
a
proposal
categorizing
main
goat
production
systems
(DGPSs),
using
multifactorial
approach
but
emphasizing
rainfall
nutritional
supplementation
level,
focal
categorization
factors.
The
DGPSs
were
divided
into
two
metasystems
based
on
available
resources,
each
consisting
of
three
subsystems.
In
first
metasystem,
subsystems
have
limited
water,
biotic,
economic
whose
rationality
is
reducing
risk
rather
than
maximizing
outputs.
contrast,
second
metasystem
usually
increased
economic,
water
emphasis
involves
product
yield
risk.
with
very
or
null
supplementation:
(a)
subsistence,
(b)
extensive,
(c)
agro-silvopastoral.
includes
those
different
levels
(d)
semi-extensive,
(e)
semi-intensive,
(f)
intensive.
There
are
numerous
significant
global
initiatives
focused
scientific
collaboration
sharing
information
regarding
nutrition,
reproductive,
genetic
technologies
related
safety
nutraceutical
quality
milk
products
while
contextualized
in
DGPSs.
Hence,
such
scenarios
should
create
additional
opportunities
researchers,
producers,
policymakers,
development
workers
come
together
align
interests
needs
exchange
knowledge
effective
farmer
support
strategies,
environmental
management,
consumer
education.
Undoubtedly,
it
essential
reevaluate
world
since
millions
producers
their
families—most
them
poor
marginalized—need
this
species,
society
products,
most
worldwide
arid
semi-arid
lands
need
recovery,
all
us
encourage
fulfillment
sustainable
goals.
Язык: Английский
Agroforestry and animal husbandry
IntechOpen eBooks,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
unknown
Опубликована: Сен. 12, 2024
Agroforestry
(AF)
entails
deliberate
agricultural
practices
where
farmers
integrate
a
combination
of
trees,
grasses,
shrubs,
crops,
and
livestock
within
their
farming
systems
to
create
more
resilient
sustainable
landscapes.
This
strategic
enhances
soil
fertility,
conserves
water,
mitigates
climate
change
by
sequestering
carbon.
Additionally,
it
fosters
diverse
habitats
for
wildlife
promotes
biodiversity.
Animal
husbandry
AF
optimises
land
use
efficiency,
providing
animals
with
access
forage,
shade,
shelter.
holistic
approach
resilience
against
environmental
challenges,
ensuring
diversified
consistent
production
over
time,
ultimately
boosting
farm
productivity
profitability.
chapter
underscores
the
multifaceted
benefits
integrating
animal
husbandry,
offering
valuable
insights
into
viable
achieving
food
sovereignty
ecosystem
services.
Язык: Английский
Fire versus herbivory for oak woodland restoration: burning achieves short-term structural and compositional objectives whereas browsing alone fails to reduce stem densities and promote ground flora
Fire Ecology,
Год журнала:
2024,
Номер
20(1)
Опубликована: Ноя. 20, 2024
Abstract
Background
Declines
in
ecologically
beneficial
fire,
coincident
with
alterations
to
native
herbivory
and
intensive
land
use,
have
led
dynamic
changes
woodland
structure
composition,
leading
midstory
densification
reductions
ground
flora
abundance
diversity.
Frequent,
low
intensity
fire
is
key
achieving
restoration
objectives
prescribed
burns
are
often
used
meet
management
goals.
For
a
variety
of
reasons,
the
use
limited.
Further,
growing
season
burning
suggested
greater
impact
on
woody
stems
than
dormant
applications,
but
its
implementation
difficult.
Targeted
may
emulate
many
aspects
holding
potential
diversify
strategies
for
restoration.
We
designed
replicated,
experimental
study
evaluate
targeted
browsing
objectives,
specifically,
two
layered
oak
diverse
abundant
flora.
The
six
treatments
included:
(1)
spring
browsing,
(2)
fall
(3)
dormant-season
(4)
(5)
plus
(6)
an
untreated
control.
Results
suggest
that
had
overriding
effect
reduction
was
not
comparable
treatments.
Burning
reduced
leaf
litter,
increased
bare
soil
exposure
forb
coverage.
Browsing
reduce
accumulation
when
compared
control,
this
statistically
meaningful.
Differences
seasonality
frequent
were
also
important
trends
influence
meeting
objectives.
exert
compositional
woodlands
because
forage
preferences
by
goats.
Conclusions
To
achieve
short-term,
necessary
quickly
densities,
increase
light
availability,
consume
thereby
promote
diversity
which
be
achieved
alone.
interaction
structural
outcomes
associated
pyric
regimes
require
further
investigation.
Язык: Английский