Term:
Intensive silvo-pastoral system
Definition:
A type of SPS that combines high-density cultivation of fodder shrubs (4.000 to 40.000 plants per ha) with: (i) improved tropical grasses; and (ii) trees species or palms at densities of 100–600 trees per ha. These systems are managed under rotational grazing with occupation periods of 12 to 24 hours and 40 to 50 day resting periods, including ad libitum provision of water in each paddock.
Domain:
Agriculture
Source:
Intensive Silvopastoral Systems: improving sustainability and efficiency in cattle ranching landscapes, FAO, 2015 (http://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/nr/sustainability_pathways/docs/Colombia_Murgueitio_Mixed_Species_Silvopastoral_systems.pdf).
