Intensification of cattle ranching production systems: Socioeconomic and environmental synergies and risks in Brazil

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1255-1263

  Latawiec, A E ^a,b,c   Strassburg, B B N ^a,d   Valentim, J F ^e,f   Ramos, F ^g   Alves Pinto, H N ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABILITY   (Brazil)

^b OPOLE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^e EMBRAPA ACRE   (Brazil)

^f HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g Agrosuisse   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; land use change; pasture intensification; sustainability; trade offs

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BOVINE; BRAZIL; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENT; RISK; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84904640936     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114001566     Document Type: Article

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