Arachis pintoi: Potential for risk reduction/productivity increase in livestock systems of the Colombian Orinoquía region

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.affiliationCorporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuariaen
cg.contributor.crpLivestocken
cg.coverage.countryColombiaen
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2COen
cg.coverage.regionLatin Americaen
cg.coverage.regionSouth Americaen
cg.creator.identifierKaren Enciso: 0000-0003-3264-6343en
cg.creator.identifierAlejandro Ruden: 0000-0003-0089-406Xen
cg.creator.identifierStefan Burkart: 0000-0001-5297-2184en
cg.identifier.urlhttps://www.tropentag.de/2020/abstracts/posters/110.pdfen
cg.number110en
cg.placeCali, Colombiaen
cg.subject.ciatLIVELIHOODSen
dc.contributor.authorEnciso, Karenen
dc.contributor.authorRincón, Álvaroen
dc.contributor.authorRuden, Alejandroen
dc.contributor.authorBurkart, Stefanen
dc.date.accessioned2021-02-01T11:46:19Zen
dc.date.available2021-02-01T11:46:19Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/111080
dc.titleArachis pintoi: Potential for risk reduction/productivity increase in livestock systems of the Colombian Orinoquía regionen
dcterms.abstractIn parts of the foothills of the Colombian Orinoquía region, bovine livestock production takes place on poorly drained soils. The region is dominated by extensive grazing systems with Brachiaira humidicola cv. Humidicola. This grass has shown high adaptation potential under temporal waterlogging conditions. However, despite maintaining high yields in terms of biomass, its nutritional quality is low. In many cases, inadequate management practices and low soil fertility result in degradation. As a result of this, a lack of feed is a major constraint in the Orinoquía, particularly during dry season. According to climatic projections for the region, annual precipitation and maximum temperatures will increase and this will negatively affect quantity and quality of forages and increase waterlogging risks. Against this background, AGROSAVIA, in 2013, started agronomic evaluations of forage legumes. They selected Arachis pintoi CIAT 22160 (Arachis) as promising alternative for livestock production on soils with waterlogging problems. It showed good agronomic behavior in terms of nutritional quality, persistence and compatibility with grasses such as Humidicola. Based on the agronomic evaluations, this study assesses milk profitability in the foothills of the Colombian Orinoquía from an economic perspective. We compared two production systems: T1, the association Arachis – Humidicola and T2, Humidicola as monoculture. We used a cashflow model and risk assessment under a Montecarlo simulation model to estimate economic indicators. The projections for economic returns consider changes in forage characteristics for both treatments, resulting from variations in the projected climatic variables under different climate change scenarios for the region RCP (2:6, 4.5, & 8.5). The LIFE-SIM model was used to simulate dairy production according to forage production, animal information and environmental characteristics. Results show that T1 incremented animal productivity by 11%, among others. T1 also results in better grass persistence due to higher nitrogen (N) levels in soil resulting from the association with the legume. The legume also provides positive impacts on soil structure and composition. This helps improving the adaptation capacity of the system. Finally, producer incomes could increase as a result of lower vulnerability to (climate) risks and reduced production costs (due to lower N fertilizer use).en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.audienceAcademicsen
dcterms.bibliographicCitationEnciso, K.; Rincón, A.; Ruden, A.; Burkart S. (2020) Arachis pintoi: Potential for risk reduction/productivity increase in livestock systems of the Colombian Orinoquía region. Poster prepared for the Tropentag 2020: Food and Nutrition Security and its Resilience to Global Crises, Virtual Conference, 9–11 September 2020. Cali (Colombia): CIAT.en
dcterms.isPartOfTropenTag2020en
dcterms.issued2020en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.publisherInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
dcterms.relationhttps://www.tropentag.de/abstract.php?code=eOHqoHyten
dcterms.subjectarachis pintoien
dcterms.subjectrisk assessmenten
dcterms.subjectclimate changeen
dcterms.subjectadoptionen
dcterms.subjectlegumesen
dcterms.subjectsimulation modelsen
dcterms.subjectevaluación de riesgosen
dcterms.subjectcambio climáticoen
dcterms.subjectleguminosasen
dcterms.typePosteren

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