Abstract

GARCIA  AMARELLE, Fernando A et al. Model of a cattle farm of diversified production. Zootecnia Trop. [online]. 2008, vol.26, n.3, pp.359-361. ISSN 0798-7269.

A Basic Unit of Cooperative Production (BUCP) of Granma Province, Republic of Cuba was selected to carry out research from 2004 to 2007 and its projection for 2008. From 13 farms of the BUCP, two units were selected and unified, comprising 335 ha, in which a methodology of quantitative and qualitative steps for a husbandry, agriculture and forest diversification processes to encourage the process of local economic development. The changes produced between the diagnosis and the results obtained at present, as well as the perspectives were compared. It was obtained a favorable transformation in the pasture land, as well as in the agroforestry and forage crops, besides a considerable increase of biodiversity and cattle-agriculture integration. With the introduction of the applied technologies, positive results in productive and reproductive indicators were achieved that offer guarantees for the repeatability of the model.

Keywords : biodiversity; arborization; model; cattle-agriculture; sustainability.

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