Sistema de integração lavoura pecuária na região sul do Rio Grande do Sul

Abstract

The Cattle Farming Integration System (Sistema de Integração Lavoura Pecuária - SILP) is a system that has features that allow you to optimize land use and increase the profitability of agricultural activities. The loss of nutrients, loss of biodiversity, increased pollution and habitat fragmentation are some of the many concerns that have recently been discussed from the focus of modern agriculture. The use of pastures and crops in no-till systems can result in more sustainable forms of land use, since agriculture with conservation features, is enhanced by the system's sustainability. The presence of livestock activity can modify the physical and chemical properties of the soil increases, if well conducted, the quality of it. The integration of agricultural crops (soybean) increase the biodiversity and pasture soil microbiological allowing to obtain higher production levels considering the whole system. This paper describes the importance of these benefits by focusing on the use of grazing animals integrated with crops in no-tillage systems integration cattle farming in southern Rio Grande Do Sul, aiming to support the deployment of lines of research in this area at Campus Dom Pedrito - Unipampa.