Length1h 26m

About this audiobook

The global population is expected to reach 10 billion people in the next 30 years. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, an additional 52 million tons of nitrogen fertilizers and 165 million ha of new agricultural land will be needed to meet the demand for food, feed, fiber, and biofuels by 2050. These variations correspond to a 50% increase in fertilizer use and 6% increase in agricultural land compared to 2012. The simultaneous need for more fertilizers and land is explained not only by regional differences in the endowment of production factors, technology and inequalities in income and land tenure. Inefficiencies and incorrect expenditures in the supply processes are responsible for significant losses of resources. Post-harvest production losses were estimated at 1.3 billion tons per year. In addition, 17 trillion tons of topsoil are lost every year worldwide, resulting in economic costs of up to US$8 billion. Erosion leads to land abandonment and degradation. Globally, 1 billion hectares of arable land are abandoned or degraded. Inefficient agricultural management and the growing demand for food have promoted a standard sectoral expansion, with severe environmental impacts. Agricultural expansion is recognized as a driver of deforestation in tropical regions around the world. Brazil, Indonesia, Republic of Congo, Colombia, Laos, and Mozambique have lost 50 million ha of forests since 2001. In addition to biodiversity losses and socio-economic impacts on the local population, deforestation results in the depreciation of ecosystem services needed for agriculture. Climate stability, soil fertility, water availability and quality, pollination and biological pest control are essential conditions to ensure agricultural productivity.

Audiobook details

GenreTechnology, Science and Nature
Length1 hr 26 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 1, 2022
LanguageEnglish

Table of contents

1Introduction
196.11 protein salts
21 Introduction
207 Confinement
32 Livestock in Brazil
217.1 Advantages of confinement
43 Breeds and Crosses
228 Past
54 Brazilian beef production systems
238.1 advantages of pasture
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65 The Brazilian beef market
249 forage plants
75.1 Brazilian industry risks
259.1 Grass and meat quality
86 Good cattle feeding practices
269.2 main foragers
96.1 cattle feed
2710 Pasture formation
106.2 Particularities and challenges in cattle feeding
2810.1 Good pasture formation
116.3 Cattle feeding practices
2911 Degradation and Recovery
126.4 The digestion of cattle
3012 Livestock farming integration
136.5 food digestibility
3112.1 Barreirão System
146.6 Dry matter
3212.2 Santa Fe System
156.7 Nutrition in breeding and rearing
3312.3 Santa Brigid System
166.8 Nutrition at termination
3412.4 Diversification of straws for the SPD.
176.9 Silage
3513 Final considerations
186.10 silage

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