Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaragua

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen_US
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen_US
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden_US
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climateen_US
cg.coverage.countryColombiaen_US
cg.coverage.countryNicaraguaen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2COen_US
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NIen_US
cg.coverage.regionAmericasen_US
cg.coverage.regionCentral Americaen_US
cg.coverage.regionLatin America and the Caribbeanen_US
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen_US
cg.creator.identifierStefan Burkart: 0000-0001-5297-2184en_US
cg.creator.identifierRein van der Hoek: 0000-0003-4528-7669en_US
cg.creator.identifierKaren Enciso: 0000-0003-3264-6343en_US
cg.creator.identifierManuel Francisco Diaz Baca: 0000-0001-8996-5092en_US
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden_US
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.52202/071171-0106en_US
cg.identifier.urlhttps://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/XXV_IGC_2023/Policies/13/en_US
cg.isbn978-1-7138-8028-8en_US
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen_US
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatECONOMICSen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatLIVESTOCKen_US
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatTROPICAL FORAGESen_US
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 1 - No povertyen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 5 - Gender equalityen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 6 - Clean water and sanitationen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible consumption and productionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 13 - Climate actionen_US
cg.subject.sdgSDG 15 - Life on landen_US
dc.contributor.authorBurkart, Stefanen_US
dc.contributor.authorEnciso, Karenen_US
dc.contributor.authorDíaz, Manuel Franciscoen_US
dc.contributor.authorvan der Hoek, Rein en_US
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-19T15:44:53Zen_US
dc.date.available2024-01-19T15:44:53Zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/138152en_US
dc.titleEconomic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaraguaen_US
dcterms.abstractForage-based cattle systems play a key role in rural economies of developing countries in terms of food security and poverty alleviation, particularly in tropical Latin America. However, they are often related to being a major cause of negative environmental impacts by contributing to increased greenhouse gas emissions, land degradation, and the reduction of biodiversity. Significant resources have been allocated to research and development in forage material improvement, including selection and breeding. A broad range of improved materials were released by private and public sector actors showing superior characteristics in terms of productivity and environmental impacts compared to native or naturalized materials. Profitability is a fundamental attribute to incentivize or generate adoption of new systems by cattle producers, but this information is often not available to the livestock producer or the extension agents supporting decision-making processes. This research provides an overview on the economic viability of integrating different improved forage varieties in sustainably intensified cattle production systems in Colombia and Nicaragua. Our evaluations show that, despite higher establishment and management costs, integrating improved forage technologies (and management practices) in sustainably intensified cattle systems, either as monoculture, grass-legume associations, silvo-pastoral systems, or in combination with improved management strategies (e.g., intensive, or rotational grazing), not only make sense from the environmental and productive perspectives but also in terms of economic viability. In nearly all evaluated scenarios, the economic indicators improve by integrating improved forage technologies. Strong increases were observed for the following indicators: a) net income, b) unit profit margin, c) Net Present Value, d) Internal Rate of Return, and f) benefit-cost ratio. Strong decreases were observed for the following indicators: a) unit production cost, b) risk of obtaining economic loss, c) payback time, d) minimum area required for a profitable system, and e) sensitivity of the system to external shocks. This information will help cattle producers, extensionists and policymakers to make more holistic and informed land-use decisions that include productive, environmental, economic, and social benefits, and by this contributes to the broader adoption of more sustainable production systems.en_US
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen_US
dcterms.audienceGeneral Publicen_US
dcterms.bibliographicCitationBurkart, S.; Enciso, K.; Días, M.F.; van der Hoek, R. (2023) Economic benefits of sustainable, forage-based cattle systems in Colombia and Nicaragua. Proceedings of the XXV International Grassland Congress, Covington, Kentucky, USA , 14‒19 May 2023. p. 447‒452.en_US
dcterms.extent447-452en_US
dcterms.issued2023-05-19en_US
dcterms.languageenen_US
dcterms.licenseOtheren_US
dcterms.publisherInternational Grassland Congress 2023en_US
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/130685en_US
dcterms.subjectcost benefit analysisen_US
dcterms.subjectforageen_US
dcterms.subjectcattleen_US
dcterms.typeConference Paperen_US

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