Use of the normalized difference vegetation index in the forage production estimate

Authors

  • Antonio Pinguello Universidade Estadual de Maringá
  • Melissa Sanches Mongelli Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Pedro Henrique Alves de Faria Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Emanuely Ramos Tameirão Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Lucas Wamser Fonseca Gonzaga Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Marcos Ferrante Universidade Federal de Lavras
  • Federico Ezequiel Fernández Facultad de ciencias agrarias y forestales, Universidad Nacional de La Plata

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n3a538.1-7

Keywords:

livestock, productivity, remote sensing, stocking rate

Abstract

The world population continues to grow and, to supply all this demand for food, the productivity of agricultural areas must be increased. Brazilian cattle production system is widely extensive and has a large part of degraded areas, one of the factors being the inadequate stocking rate, which, if excessive, contributes to the advancement of this condition. Thus, to adjust the grazing pressure, it is necessary to know the forage production available in the area; to this end, some methods that can be used for this purpose were raised in this review, also highlighting the use of remote sensing that promotes acceptable predictive conditions and requires less physical resources for its implementation.

Published

2020-04-24

Issue

Section

Pastagem e forragicultura

How to Cite

Use of the normalized difference vegetation index in the forage production estimate. (2020). Pubvet, 14(03). https://doi.org/10.31533/pubvet.v14n3a538.1-7

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