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LAND-USE INTENSIFICATION TRENDS IN THE RIO DE LA PLATA REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA: TOWARD SPECIALIZATION OR RECOUPLING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho, Jean Víctor Savian, Tomás Della Chiesa, William de Souza Filho, José Terra, Priscila Pinto, Amanda Posselt Martins, Sebastián Horacio Villarino, Júlio Kuhn da Trindade, Pedro Arthur de Albuquerque Nunes, Gervasio Piñeiro

Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineering · 2021

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<List><ListItem><ItemContent> • Current intensification trends in the Rio de la Plata need urgent re-direction. </ItemContent></ListItem><ListItem><ItemContent> •Integrated crop-livestock systems reconcile food production with ecosystem services. </ItemContent></ListItem><ListItem><ItemContent> •Case studies validate recoupling as a sustainable way to ecological intensification. </ItemContent></ListItem></List> <fig><graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="2095-7505-8-1-97/fase-20380-cp-tu1.jpg"/><graphic xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="2095-7505-8-1-97/FASE-20380-CP-tu1.tif"/></fig> The Rio de la Plata region comprises central Argentina, Uruguay, and southern Brazil. Modern agriculture developed around 1900 with recent decades being characteri

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Peer-reviewed study
DOI
10.15302/j-fase-2020380
Catalogue ID
SNmohku1ca-h4llto
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