Integração palma-gliricídia-sorgo como suporte forrageiro para o semiárido sergipano

Abstract

The ILPF system is an agricultural production strategy that integrates different agricultural, livestock and forestry production systems in the same area. Cultivation can be done in intercropping, rotation or succession of crops, so that there is interaction between the components, generating mutual benefits. The objective of this study was to evaluate the dry matter and green matter yield of forage palm, together with gliricídia and sorghum in the semiarid region of Sergipe. in a consortium system. The implementation of the system took place in 2014, at Embrapa Semiárido, in the region of Nossa Senhora Da Glória/SE, where it was composed of 3 different plant species, forage palm, gliricidia and sorghum. Through the descriptive analysis of data where the Excel software was used, the productivity results of the crop-livestock-forest integration were obtained. The ILPF system obtained a total biomass yield of 236.8 t/ha/year of green matter and 36.7 t/ha/year of dry matter, where in a conventional pasture area the productivity is about 46% lower. In view of the results obtained, it was concluded that the ILPF system is capable of producing green matter and enough dry matter to feed about 20 animals per hectare, with an average of 300 kg of live weight for about 8 months, making the producer achieve quality and low cost feed, making the property self-sustainaautossustentável.