Artigo de Periódico
Irrigação de pastagens tropicais: desafios e perspectivas
Fecha
2017Autor
Matheus Mendes Reis
Leonardo David Tuffi Santos
Flávio Gonçalves Oliveira
Márcia Vitória Santos
Institución
Resumen
Livestock grazing is a significant part of the production of milk and beef system in different
countries such as Brazil, Pakistan, New Zealand and Australia. In recent years, there is growing interest
in the intensification of this production system and irrigation is a practice used in order to increase the
production and quality of forage, especially in seasons where seasonality is the main production barrier. In
this context, this work gathers information about the importance of pasture irrigation, the main methods
and irrigation systems, research results with irrigated forage and emphasizes the importance of knowledge
about the ecophysiology and morphogenesis in the management of pastures. The information is presented
in an interconnected and critically favoring a more holistic assessment of the adoption methods and
irrigation management in pastures. This will put the knowledge available in perspective and serve to
highlight important aspects of advance, improvement and growth of knowledge about animal production
on irrigated pastures. This information is critical to ensure the supply of beef and milk, whose demand is
growing worldwide. However, it emphasizes the need for sustainable practices of use and reuse of water, an
increasingly scarce resource in some regions of the planet.