LAND-USE INTENSIFICATION TRENDS IN THE RIO DE LA PLATA REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA: TOWARD SPECIALIZATION OR RECOUPLING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
LAND-USE INTENSIFICATION TRENDS IN THE RIO DE LA PLATA REGION OF SOUTH AMERICA: TOWARD SPECIALIZATION OR RECOUPLING CROP AND LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION
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<List><ListItem><ItemContent><p>• Current intensification trends in the Rio de la Plata need urgent re-direction.</p></ItemContent></ListItem><ListItem><ItemContent><p>•Integrated crop-livestock systems reconcile food production with ecosystem services.</p></ItemContent></ListItem><ListItem><ItemContent><p>•Case studies validate recoupling as a sustainable way to ecological intensification.
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However, significant losses of ecosystem services have been reported.Thus, questions have been raised on the sustainability of this pathway.A glance at world regions that have experienced similar trends suggests that an urgent course correction is needed.
A major concern has been the lack Phenotypic characterization of Leishmania spp. causing cutaneous leishmaniasis in the lower Amazon region, western Pará state, Brazil, reveals a putative hybrid parasite, Leishmania (Viannia) guyanensis × Leishmania (Viannia) shawi shawi of diversity in regions with highly specialized agriculture, promoting renewed interest in integrated crop-livestock systems (ICLS), not only because ICLS are more diverse than specialized systems, but also because they are rare examples of reconciliation between agroecosystem intensification and environmental quality.Consequently, this paper discusses alternatives to redesign multifunctional landscapes based on ICLS.Recent data provide evidence that recoupling crop and animal production increases the resilience of nutrient cycling functions and economic indicators to external stressors, enabling these systems to face climate-market uncertainty and reconcile food production with the provision of diverse ecosystem services.
Finally, these concepts are exemplified in case studies where this perspective has been successfully applied.