Crop-livestock integration under no-tillage: Genuine Brazilian technology with economic and environmental sustainability: A review

Abstract

Crop-Livestock Integration System (CLIS) under no-tillage system (NTS) is a technology that has proven critical to the maintenance of agricultural and environmental sustainability in Brazilian tropical conditions. It is one of the alternatives developed by national research for producers to optimize and diversify the use of agricultural areas to obtain higher incomes by area with lower costs, besides recovering degraded areas and improve the physical, chemical and biological soil. The aim of this review is to disseminate results and gather information to demonstrate that CLIS under NTS is a Brazilian technology with economic and environmental sustainability is applicable to several regions. It was observed that the use of CLIS with NTS in our tropical climate conditions is an important tool that provides food production (grains), meat and milk with sustainability in most regions.