Feasibility of cultivation of sugarcane in agroforestry systems

Brazil is the world's main sugarcane producer and the production system has changed abiding to legal and technical recommendation. In Piracicaba many smallholders grow sugarcane in steep areas. Under such situation, mechanization at harvest makes cultivation impossible. This work assess the via...

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Main Authors: Luís Fernando Guedes Pinto, Marcos Silveira Bernardes, Gerd Sparovek
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2003-01-01
Series:Scientia Agricola
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-90162003000300012&tlng=en