Assessing the economic viability of integrated crop−livestock systems in Mato Grosso, Brazil

2019 ◽  
Vol 35 (6) ◽  
pp. 631-642 ◽  
Author(s):  
Júlio César dos Reis ◽  
Mariana Y. T. Kamoi ◽  
Daniel Latorraca ◽  
Rafael F. F. Chen ◽  
Miqueias Michetti ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Livestock Grazing ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Continuous Cropping ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Study Region ◽  
Mato Grosso ◽  
Livestock Systems

AbstractPopulation growth and rising incomes have led to increasing global demand for meat products. Meeting this demand without converting remaining natural ecosystems or further degrading ecosystems is one of the largest global sustainability challenges. A critical step to overcoming this challenge is to increase the productivity of livestock grazing systems, which occupy the largest land area of any type of agriculture globally. Integrated crop−livestock systems (iCL), which re-couple crop and livestock production at the farm scale, have been considered a promising strategy to tackle this challenge by restoring degraded pasturelands and providing supplemental nutrition to livestock. However, few studies have analyzed the economic viability of such systems, especially in Brazil, an important player in global food systems. This paper presents an economic analysis of iCL in Mato Grosso, Brazil, the largest grain and beef producer in the country, which spans the ecologically diverse Amazon, Cerrado and Pantanal biomes. We compare the economic performance of an integrated soybean/corn and beef cattle system to a continuous crop (soybean/corn) system and a continuous livestock (beef cattle) production system from 2005 to 2012. We use empirical case study data to characterize a ‘typical’ farm for each production system within the study region. We find that the integrated crop−livestock system has a higher annual net present value (NPV) per hectare (ha) than continuous cropping or livestock under a range of discount rates. However, under a scenario of substantially higher crop prices, the continuous cropping outperforms iCL. While iCL is not feasible in all regions of the Amazon and Cerrado, our results indicate that in places where the biophysical and market conditions are suitable for production, it could be a highly profitable way to intensify cattle production and potentially spare land for other uses, including conservation. Nevertheless, additional credit and technical support may be needed to overcome high upfront costs and informational barriers to increase iCL areas as a sustainable development strategy for agriculture in the Amazon and Cerrado regions.

Identification of breeding objectives using a bioeconomic model for a beef cattle production system in Uruguay

2014 ◽  
Vol 160 ◽  
pp. 21-28 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Isabel Pravia ◽  
Olga Ravagnolo ◽  
Jorge Ignacio Urioste ◽  
Dorian J. Garrick
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Bioeconomic Model ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Breeding Objectives ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

Inhibited development of Ostertagia ostertagi in relation to production systems for cattle

Parasitology ◽  
1982 ◽  
Vol 85 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. G. Smeal ◽  
A. D. Donald
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Dairy Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
New South ◽  
New South Wales ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Ostertagia Ostertagi ◽  
South Wales

SUMMARYOn a coastal farm in New South Wales where beef and dairy cattle production was carried on side-by-side, separate pasture plots were contaminated with eggs of Ostertagia ostertagi by calves from each production system in autumn, winter or spring. Successive groups of parasite-free tracer calves grazed on the plots for 14 days at 4-week intervals and were then killed for worm counts 14 days after removal from pasture. On all plots, the proportion of inhibited early 4th-stage larvae in tracer calves reached a maximum in spring, and was consistently and very significantly higher in calves which grazed plots contaminated with O. ostertagi of beef cattle origin. Factors which may be responsible for this difference between beef and dairy cattle populations of O. ostertagi are discussed.

scholarly journals Survey on beef cattle production system in Saylem Woreda, south west Ethiopia

2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 99-106
Author(s):  
Solomon Addisu
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Market Access ◽  
Agricultural System ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Road Transportation ◽  
Cattle Disease ◽  
South West ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
South West Ethiopia

In Ethiopia livestock production is an integral part of the Ethiopian agricultural system. Beef cattle production plays an important role in the economies and livelihoods of farmers and pastoralists. Saylem Woreda is one of the remote setting in Ethiopia were information about beef production system is not well studied. Hence, this study was conducted to assess beef cattle production system; marketing and avalable feed resources utilized by beef cattle producers and the factors affecing beef cattle production of the study area through questionaire survey in Saylem woreda, south west Ethiopia. A total of 80 households were interviewed about 78.8% (X2=26.45; p=0.000) of respondents practiced beef cattle production was statistically significant. 93.8% (X2=61.25; p=0.002) of the respondents use only grazing of field grass for beef cattle production. Beef cattle marketing in the study area function at primary markets 78.8% (X2=2.645; p=0.963) of respondents had access to market information before sale was not statistically significant. Most of the respondents 81.2% (X2=19.00; p=0.003) determined factors for price of beef cattle were color, age, weight and agreement of sellers and buyers was statistically significant. The main constraints complained by the respondents in the study area 96.2% had lack of road (transportation) to get market access; 92.5% had prevalence of beef cattle disease in the area and 31.8% had shortage of feed and water and lack of genetically improved beef for fattening. Beef cattle production and marketing systems in Saylem woreda have many levels of formal and informal traders. Therefore, administrative bodies concerned these issues should give priority to find solution for these problems facing beef cattle producing farmers in the study area. Asian J. Med. Biol. Res. March 2020, 6(1): 99-106

Improving beef cattle production system for sustainable rural development in Central Java

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhmad Sodiq ◽  
Pambudi Yuwono ◽  
Juni Sumarmono ◽  
Setya Agus Santosa ◽  
Yusmi Nur Wakhidati ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rural Development ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Beef Cattle Production

scholarly journals Economic viability of pitaya (Hylocereus sp.) Cultivation in Tomé-Açú Municipality, Pará State, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 704
Author(s):  
João Paulo Borges de Loureiro ◽  
Olivia Masako Hanawa Lima ◽  
Juliana De Sousa Farias ◽  
Adriana Paiva Dos Praseres Pires ◽  
Marcos Antônio Souza dos Santos ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Production System ◽  
Net Present Value ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Economic Viability ◽  
Cost Index ◽  
Maintenance Costs ◽  
Intensive Production ◽  
Break Even Point

Pitaya (Hylorereus sp.) is a fruit from the botanical family Cactaceae, originally from Latin America. In Brazil, pitaya cultivation is promising due to the fruit’s reputation of being nutritious and having many uses. This study’s objective was to analyze the economic viability of two pitaya production systems in Tomé-Açu municipality, the largest producer of pitaya in the Pará state, Brazilian Amazon. The data were obtained through interviews with two producers, along with field observations of their production systems, which are representative of the cultivation norms in Tomé-Açu. The data were used to estimate the planting and maintenance costs for 1 ha of land using different cultivation methods, identified as: 1) extensive production system and 2) intensive production system. The two systems’ cash flows were estimated over a 20-year period, then analyzed to estimate the net present value, internal rate of return, benefit-cost index, payback period, and break-even point. The intensive production system was found to have a higher implementation cost, due to its irrigation system, while the extensive production system was found to have lower investment and maintenance costs. The economic viability indicators show that both production systems are economically viable, with the extensive production system being more attractive, especially for family farmers who cannot invest in expensive irrigation infrastructure and chemical inputs. In conclusion, the investment in pitaya cultivation is economically viable and constitutes an alternative to agricultural cultivation in Pará state, which can contribute to fruit diversification.

scholarly journals Sistem Produksi Peternakan Sapi Potong di Pedesaan dan Strategi Pengembangannya

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 60-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Sodiq ◽  
Suwarno Suwarno ◽  
Farida Rizki Fauziyah ◽  
Yusmi Nur Wakhidati ◽  
Pambudi Yuwono
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Feeding System ◽  
Farming Practices ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Corporate Social ◽  
On Farm

ABSTRAK. Pendekatan penelitian pada peternakan rakyat Livestock On-Farm Trials ditujukan untuk mengidentifikasi sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong di pedesaan  wilayah kabupaten yaitu Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara dan Kebumen. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mendokumentasikan  karakteristik sistem produksi peternakan sapi potong, strategi pengembangan untuk meningkatkan produktivitas serta dukungan pembiayaan dari bank.  Hasil penelitian memperlihatkan pola yang diterapkan berupa peternakan tradisional berlahan terbatas (traditional rural landless) yang terintegrasi dengan sistem pertanian utamanya tanaman padi. Sapi Peranakan Ongole (PO) sangat dominan ditemukan dan merupakan  sapi lokal yang tersebar di lima kabupaten. Pada wilayah penelitian juga ditemukan Sapi Brahman Cross yang ditujukan untuk pembiakan. Penampilan produksi sapi PO,  Sumba Ongole dan  Persilangan Simmental untuk tujuan penggemukan memperlihatkan hasil  BCS sedang sampai tinggi, tetapi produktivitas sapi Brahman Cross cenderung rendah. Diperlukan perbaikan pada feeding system and good farming practices untuk meningkatkan produktivitas sapi. Kebijakan untuk meningkatkan akses pembiayaan kredit, meliputi (i) Penguatan dinamika kelompok dan penerapan teknologi untuk memperbaiki produktivitas sapi potong,  (ii)  pendampingan pemerintah mengenai aspek penjaminan dan subsidi kredit, penyediaan bantuan untuk revitalisasi pertanian yang dikelola pemerintah dan perbankan, (iii) bekerjasama dengan mitra yang sesuai seperti perbankan dan BUMN untuk program  Kredit Kemitraan dan  Corporate Social Responsibility. (Livestock production system of beef cattle in the village and their development strategies)ABSTRACT. Livestock On-Farm Trials addressed to identify livestock system of beef cattle production in the villages of Cilacap, Banyumas, Purbalingga, Banjarnegara and Kebumen  regencies. This study was designed to documenting the production system characteristics of beef cattle and  development strategic of livestock production system in order to increase their productivity and financial support from bank. Beef cattle production systems characterize by traditional rural landless and integrated with crops especially rice. Ongole Cross (Peranakan Ongole) are the predominant of the local cattle and are widely distributed over the five regencies.  Brahman Cross also found that are raising for cow calf operation. Performance of Peranakan Ongole, Sumba Ongole, and Simental Cross for fattening purposes were moderate to high of BCS, but low reproductive for Brahman Cross. Improving  feeding system and good farming practices could be done to increase beef cattle productivity. Policies to improve access to credit financing, including (i) Strengthening of group dynamics and application of technology to improve the productivity of beef cattle,(ii) government assistance on the aspects of credit guarantee and subsidies, provision of assistance for agricultural revitalization managed by the government and banking,(iii) working with appropriate partners such as banks and BUMN for Partnership Credit and Corporate Social Responsibility programs.

scholarly journals 198 Beef cattle support system modeling

2020 ◽  
Vol 98 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 68-69
Author(s):  
Robin R White
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Production System ◽  
Production Systems ◽  
Mechanistic Models ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Life Cycle Assessments ◽  
System Models ◽  
Beef Cattle Production ◽  
Farm System

Abstract A model is a tool used to study the dynamics of a system when investigations on the system itself are difficult because of scope, scale, sensitivity, or other complexities. Beef cattle production in the United States is at least a 2- to 4-phase process, consisting of economic, social, environmental, and biological relationships. As such, modeling is a logical strategy to handle many research questions focused on systems responses of beef cattle production systems. There are a number of modeling tools that can be used to research beef cattle production settings, including but not limited to: nutrient requirement models, pasture models, farm system models, and life cycle assessments. Life cycle assessments are the broadest category of models and typically fall under the umbrella of static, deterministic, empirical models that encompass the entirety of the beef production system from manufacture of the inputs through production of the outputs. There are a number of life cycle assessments of beef cattle production systems and comparison of the outcome of these models is a strategy to discern how changes in one aspect of the production system affect all downstream processes. Farm system models can assess an individual economic enterprise or an entirety of a beef production system and typically are dynamic, mechanistic models of the interactions between cattle and their external environments. Several researchers have also established deterministic, empirical farm system models, or hybrids of these two model types. Pasture models can be independent of or tightly linked with farm system models. Most pasture models are dynamic, mechanistic models; however, deterministic, empirical models also exist. Pasture models typically seek to model plant/soil/water interactions. Finally, animal response models and nutrient requirement models can be used to represent animal/feed/management interactions. These models can be dynamic or static, deterministic or mechanistic.

Life-Cycle Assessment of the Beef Cattle Production System for the Northern Great Plains, USA

2013 ◽  
Vol 42 (5) ◽  
pp. 1386-1394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher D. Lupo ◽  
David E. Clay ◽  
Jennifer L. Benning ◽  
James J. Stone
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle Assessment ◽  
Life Cycle ◽  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Great Plains ◽  
Production System ◽  
Northern Great Plains ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Beef Cattle Production
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