Cattle ranching intensification with generation of environmental services should employ agroecological principles. Intensive silvopastoral systems (SSPI) are a good example of natural intensification that have a special place in the contemporary world to meet the growing food demand of society. This article discusses various agro-ecological principles that must be present in sustainable cattle ranching such as intentionality, integrity, interactivity and intensiveness; it also highlights recent information on climate change adaptation of livestock and environmental services that can be offered by livestock producers (carbon sequestration, biodiversity) and the way in which various projects can combine incentives for the urgent transformation of conventional livestock into sustainable silvopastoral models that promote climate change adaptation.
Murgueitio, E; Chará, JD; Solarte, AJ; Uribe, F; Zapata, C; Rivera, JE
Livestock Agroforestry and Intensive Silvopastoral Systems (SSPi) for livestock adaptation to climate change with sustainability
Revista Colombiana De Ciencias Pecuarias