Technification in dairy farms may reconcile habitat conservation in a brazilian savanna region
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2021
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The assessment of the relationships between farm management systems and nature conservation
may help in the design of more efficient strategies to uphold economic benefits and biodiversity
conservation. To our knowledge, this is the first work in Brazil to study the relationship between farm
conservation status and technification level. Here, we test the hypothesis that dairy farms with higher
levels of technification have a higher percentage of natural vegetation and connectivity, and that
differences in environment features between farms explain their conservation status. We obtained
variables related to the level of technification such as feed, milking, sanitary control and breeding
management systems. We show that farmers with a higher level of technification, such as artificial
insemination in cattle breeding, tended to conserve a higher percentage of natural vegetation, as well
as larger farms with a higher percentage of riparian forest. The adoption of artificial insemination is
associated with other technification systems such as a forage diet, milking method and frequency and
sanitary control. It is also significantly related to higher milk productivity. Our novel results point to
a positive effect of technification on the conservation of natural vegetation, suggesting that economic
incentives and programs aimed at increasing technification in cattle breeding may increase dairy
production and conservation within the study area. Our findings also show an effect of larger areas
of riparian forests, which are protected by Brazilian policy, in the conservation status of dairy farms.
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Agricultural landscapes, Spatial-temporal heterogeneity, Conefor, Conefor, Long-term ecological research, Legal reserve, Conefor, Connectivity
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SANTOS, Juliana Silveira dos; MIZIARA, Fausto; FERNANDES, Hayla da Silva; MIRANDA, Renato Cezar; COLLEVATTI, Rosane Garcia. Technification in dairy farms may reconcile habitat conservation in a brazilian savanna region. Sustainability, Basel, v. 13, n. 10, p. 5606, 2021. DOI: 10.3390/su13105606. Disponível em: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/13/10/5606. Acesso em: 22 mar. 2023.