O sistema Integração Lavoura-Pecuária-Floresta (ILPF) no Estado de São Paulo.

Abstract

This study sought to identify and assess both the contribution of integration systems to São Paulo state’s forestry capital, and the extent of their adoption by producers. Due to lacking data, a survey on iCLF systems with forest planting was conducted with technical personnel of the Coordination for Integral Technical Assistance (CATI). Also considered were data from reports of the “Integra SP” state program, as well as from Brazil’s central bank’s rural credit data of the ABC program and credit lines operated by the Agribusiness Expansion Fund (FEAP) and the Family Agribusiness Bank (BANAGRO). In addition, we examined relevant information from federal and state government plans and actions about these systems development process and their evolution, as well as their challenges and prospects - especially in the state of São Paulo. Our results show that iCLF systems represent 7% of Brazil’s total agricultural and forest area, with only 0.7% in São Paulo state. Obstacles usually refer to implantation costs and producers’ lack of knowledge to change their production system. Once these obstacles are resolved, the trend is towards the adoption of these systems, an expectation also fostered by public policies to promote good agricultural practices, such as those advocated by low carbon agriculture. Difficulties arise at various levels depending on the region, climate, soil and the peculiarities of the adopting establishment, in general related to a greater complexity in property management and production aspects. Changes in the production system require producers to acquire new knowledge regarding spacing, species, inputs, planting times, etc. and therefore cause resistance to adoption and lead to the need to intensify technical assistance and rural widespread of existing knowledge, besides the development of research that reveals the efficient socio-economic and environmentally sustainable combinations for the different biomes and producers. Facilitating actions include: informational material, technical agronomists, technical finance personnel, site visiting and building of reference technological units (URTs).