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ToolsLatawiec, Agnieszka E., Rodrigues, Aline F., Korys, Katarzyna A., Mendes, Maiara, Rangel, Marcio, Castro, Ana, Teixeira, Wenceslau, Valentim, Judson F., Araujo, Ednaldo, de Moraes, Luiz Fernando Duarte, Pacheco, Vinicius, Mendes, Marcos, Dela Piccolla, Cristiano, Strassburg, Bernardo, Kubon, Maciej, Drosik, Adam, Gomes, Fernanda D., Reid, Brian, Krieger, Joana M., Dib, Viviane, Zmarzły, Dariusz and Neto, Eduardo Carvalho da Silva (2023) Biochar and Forage Peanut improve pastures:Evidence from a field experiment in Brazil. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 353. ISSN 0167-8809
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Pasturelands, often degraded, represent most of the converted lands globally. It is important to understand how different pasture management approaches can improve soil quality, increase feed production and farmer income. Here, the impact of different soil enhancers on soil quality and productivity of three cultivars of Brachiaria (Syn. Urochloa) forage grass is presented. Soil enhancers included: biochar - a carbon-rich product from biomass pyrolysis, moinha (local charcoal residue), traditional fertiliser containing nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium, lime, and forage peanut (Arachis pintoi cv. Amarillo). Considering the total biomass produced over the experiment (sum of four harvests), the highest dry biomass production was observed for Brachiaria brizantha cv. Piatã (14.1 Mg ha−1) and cv. Marandu (12.7 Mg ha−1), for biochar application of 30 Mg ha−1. Paiaguás had the highest dry matter production (12.4 Mg ha−1) for the treatment with forage peanut plus 15 Mg ha−1 of biochar. The increases in dry mass production translated to additional income, as compared with the control, of U$ 1 291, U$ 1 183 and U$ 991 per year for Marandu, Piatã and Paiaguás, respectively. The increases in forage grass productivity were reflected by positive changes in soil characteristics such as improvement in cation exchange capacity, pH and nutrient contents. Improved management of tropical pasturelands holds opportunity for more sustainable food production, and for ecosystem services protection and recuperation, for example, biodiversity net-gain, water regulation and carbon sequestration.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Additional Information: | Data Availability: Data will be made available on request. |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | biochar,bottom-up approach,farmers,forage peanut,pasturelands,payment for ecosystem services,soil ecosystem services,sustainable agriculture,ecology,animal science and zoology,agronomy and crop science,sdg 2 - zero hunger ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/2300/2303 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Environmental Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Centres > Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Conservation Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Environmental Biology Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Geosciences |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 03 Jun 2026 15:57 |
| Last Modified: | 06 Jun 2026 14:28 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/103266 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.agee.2023.108534 |
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