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Economic analysis of an agrosilvipastoral system for a mountainous area in Zona da Mata Mineira, Brazil

2011; Embrapa Informação Tecnológica; Volume: 46; Issue: 10 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1590/s0100-204x2011001000005

1678-3921

Marcelo Dias Müller, Gilciano Saraiva Nogueira, Carlos Renato Tavares de Castro, Domingos Sávio Campos Paciullo, Frederico de Freitas Alves, Renato Vinícius Oliveira Castro, Elizabeth Nogueira Fernandes,

Agricultural and Food Sciences

The objective of this work was to evaluate the economic viability of an agrosilvipastoral system developed for Zona da Mata mountainous areas in Minas Gerais state, Brazil, as well as to compare different options for wood (Eucalyptus grandis and Acacia mangium) commercialization of the second thinning. The data were obtained from a 10 year-old agrosilvipastoral system established in four hectares at Embrapa Gado de Leite station in Coronel Pacheco, MG, Brazil. As evaluation criteria for the economic viability analysis, the adopted methods were the net present value (NPV) and the internal rate of return (IRR), both calculated at 6% interest rate. Despite the small difference, adding value to forest products increased the attractiveness of the proposed system. Considered separately, the agricultural activity was impracticable, whereas the forestry and livestock activities were independently viable. The studied system seems to be equally tolerant to price variations for forest and livestock products, as well as strongly tolerant to variations in production costs.