Monitoring integrated crop-livestock systems through remote sensing and precision agriculture for more sustainable production: towards low carbon agriculture

Analysis based on remote sensing data has the unique advantage of acquiring quantitative and qualitative states of (specific for this proposal) agriculture-related processes over large areas and long time series with high spatial and temporal resolutions. Remote sensing data can be analyzed in combination with soil quality parameters. These analyses can be used to outline the sustainability benefits related to the ICLF systems and to estimate the potential for (degraded) pastureland recuperation.

Consequently, the Brazilian authorities can use this information to re-evaluate the success and potential of the program and stimulate the use of resources offered by the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA) by farmers to adopt the program's measures through the dissemination of our scientifically acquired results and case studies. (AU)