No-Tillage, Agropastoral and Agrosilvipastoral Systems Volume 4 - Issue 1

Wander Luis Barbosa Borges*

• São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency, Brazil

Received: July 17, 2018;   Published: July 31, 2018

Corresponding author: Wander Luis Barbosa Borges, São Paulo Agribusiness Technology Agency, Brazil

DOI: 10.32474/CIACR.2018.04.000177

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According to the ONU (2016), the world population expected to reach 8.5 billion in the year 2030, 9.7 billion in 2050 and exceed 11 billion in 2100; and, according to FAO [1], the fast population growth, climate change and the degradation of water and land resources should make the world vulnerable to food insecurity, risking not be able to feed the entire population by 2050, and in order to set back the hunger and food insecurity, food production would need to grow at a higher level than the population, and this should to occur mainly in the areas already used for agriculture, with more intensive and sustainable use of land and water. A production system is considered sustainable when all the steps of the process meet social fare, economically viable and environmentally adequate processes [2]. Among them, are the no-tillage system, the agropastoral system and agrosilvipastoral system. The notillage system is considered the most sustainable and efficient management for soil conservation, due to all the benefits promoted by its chemical, physical and biological characteristics, such as the reduction of the direct impact of the rain drops, the increasing of water infiltration, the decreasing of superficial runoff, the reduction of thermic amplitude and the management of moisture, the reduction of weeds infestation, the increasing of organic matter content, the expansion of the “sowing window”, the reduction of fuel consumption and nutrient cycling, among other advantages [3].