Economic assessment of conservation agriculture options in mixed crop-livestock systems in Brazil using farm modelling

Agricultural Systems

Volumn 144, Issue , 2016, Pages 33-45

  Alary, V ^a,d   Corbeels, M ^b,c   Affholder, F ^b   Alvarez, S ^a,e   Soria, A ^a   Valadares Xavier, J H ^c   da Silva, F A M ^c   Scopel, E ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b Unité Propre de Recherche Agroécologie et Intensification Durable des cultures Annuelles   (France)

^c EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^d Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (Morocco)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brazil; Conservation agriculture; Cover crops; Crop livestock systems; Innovation adoption; Linear programming models; Smallholder farms

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL MODELING; ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COVER CROP; DAIRY FARMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; HOUSEHOLD INCOME; INNOVATION; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MIXED FARMING; MULCHING; SMALLHOLDER; SPECIALIZATION;

BRAZIL;

ANIMALIA; BRACHIARIA; CAJANUS CAJAN; SUIDAE; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84957899916     PISSN: 0308521X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2016.01.008     Document Type: Article

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