SISTEMAS AGROFLORESTAIS: UMA ALTERNATIVA PARA DIVERSIFICAR A PRODUÇÃO AGRÍCOLA

Abstract

BORGES JÚNIOR, NILO PEREIRA. Sistemas agroflorestais: uma alternativa para diversificar a produção agrícola. 2019. 31p Monografia (Curso de Bacharelado em Agronomia). Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia Goiano – Campus Rio Verde, Rio Verde, GO, 2019.

Agroforestry systems are land use and occupation systems in which perennial woody plants (trees, shrubs, palms) are managed in association with herbaceous plants, agricultural and / or forage crops and / or in integration with animals in the same unit. management, according to a spatial and temporal arrangement, with high species diversity and ecological interactions between these components. The aim of this literature review was to know the agroforestry systems, as well as their importance for agriculture and the environment. Agroforestry Systems are a great alternative for environmental preservation, serving as the basis for an ecological production of food products of animal and vegetable origin, potentiating native species intercropped with conventional crops. It has been widely disseminated as models of agricultural exploitation that greatly contribute to the sustainability of today's farm as well as an alternative for restoration of degraded areas. The combination of tree species with agricultural crops and animal husbandry provides an improvement in the physicochemical properties of degraded soils as well as the activity of microorganisms, considering the possibility of a large number of sources of organic matter. The adoption of agroforestry systems makes agriculture a more intensive and sustainable activity, which represents a great market opportunity, as both productive, biological, economic, social and ecological aspects benefit from the practice.