Economic analysis of soybean-maize crop rotation in a no-tillage system

dc.contributor.authorFaleiros, Gabriel Diniz
dc.contributor.authorLopes Santos, David Ferreira [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorConceicao, Elimar Veloso [UNESP]
dc.contributor.authorCora, Jose Eduardo [UNESP]
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade de São Paulo (USP)
dc.contributor.institutionUniversidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-25T23:35:22Z
dc.date.available2021-06-25T23:35:22Z
dc.date.issued2020-11-01
dc.description.abstractBrazil is one of the largest food suppliers in the world. The country faces new challenges to remain competitive considering the dynamism of Brazil's agribusiness sector, with the need to balance agricultural production with environmental preservation. New technologies that result in sustainable production systems that provide yield gains are necessary. This study aims to economically analyse a conservationist system conducted during 10 consecutive years. The treatments were the combination of summer and winter crops under no-tillage system. The summer crop sequences (sown in October/November) were (i) continuous maize cultivation, (ii) continuous soybean, and (iii) soybean/maize rotation. The winter crops (sown in February/March) were (i) maize, (ii) sunflower, (iii) oilseed radish, (iv) pearl millet, (v) pigeon pea, (vi) grain sorghum, and (vii) sunn hemp, consisting of 21 treatments. An investment analysis was performed based on a discounted cash flow. The capital asset pricing model (CAPM) was used to define the discount rate. The data were extrapolated to a typical property of 50 hectares. The results indicate that the yield gain is significant in the conservationist system adopted and superior to that reported in the national average. The minimum attractiveness rate was high for all the treatments. The adoption of soybean and maize rotation, with maize as off-season provided the best economic alternative. The second best alternative is the soybean monoculture with maize as off-season, widely adopted in Brazil for its great agronomic benefit. In conclusion, the investment costs are high, making the small-scale production of soybean and maize not sustainable in the long term. Furthermore, an idleness of the defined machinery and labour capacity was observed. However, the production of maize or sunflower in the off-season resulted in a positive operational cash flow in all treatments.en
dc.description.affiliationUniv Sao Paulo, Ctr Adv Studies Appl Econ Cepea, Av Padua Dias 11, BR-13418900 Piracicaba, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationSao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Via Acesso Prof Paulo Donato Castellane S-N, BR-14884900 Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
dc.description.affiliationUnespSao Paulo State Univ, UNESP, Via Acesso Prof Paulo Donato Castellane S-N, BR-14884900 Jaboticabal, SP, Brazil
dc.format.extent28-56
dc.identifier.citationCustos E Agronegocio On Line. Bairro De Dois Irmaos: Univ Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Administracao, v. 16, p. 28-56, 2020.
dc.identifier.issn1808-2882
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/210607
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000604439400003
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniv Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Administracao
dc.relation.ispartofCustos E Agronegocio On Line
dc.sourceWeb of Science
dc.subjectFarm management
dc.subjectAlternative crops
dc.subjectConservation agriculture
dc.subjectSoybean
dc.subjectMaize
dc.titleEconomic analysis of soybean-maize crop rotation in a no-tillage systemen
dc.typeArtigo
dcterms.rightsHolderUniv Fed Rural Pernambuco, Dept Administracao
unesp.author.orcid0000-0003-0089-0448[3]
unesp.departmentEconomia, Administração e Educação - FCAVpt
unesp.departmentSolos e Adubos - FCAVpt

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