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Tropical grasslands: A pivotal place for a more multi-functional agriculture.

Maryline Boval1, Valérie Angeon2,3, Tom Rudel4.   

Abstract

Tropical grasslands represent a pivotal arena for the sustainable intensification of agriculture in the coming decades. The abundant ecosystem services provided by the grasslands, coupled with the aversion to further forest destruction, makes sustainable intensification of tropical grasslands a high policy priority. In this article, we provide an inventory of agricultural initiatives that would contribute to the sustainable intensification of the tropical grassland agro-ecosystem, and we recommend a shift in the scientific priorities of animal scientists that would contribute to realization of a more agro-ecological and multi-functional agriculture in the world's tropical grasslands.

Keywords:  Agro-ecology; Ecological intensification; Ecosystem services; Grassland; Multi-functional; Tropics

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Year:  2016        PMID： 27405654      PMCID： PMC5226899          DOI： 10.1007/s13280-016-0806-5

Source DB:  PubMed          Journal:  Ambio        ISSN： 0044-7447            Impact factor:   5.129


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