the Produção Integrada de Sistemas Agropecuários (PISA) System in Brazil, by Paulo César F Carvalho, Professor at Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul "www.fao.org/about/meetings/sustainable-food-systems-nutrition-symposium The International Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved Nutrition was jointly held by FAO and WHO in December 2016 to explore policies and programme options for shaping the food systems in ways that deliver foods for a healthy diet, focusing on concrete country experiences and challenges. This Symposium waas the first large-scale contribution under the UN Decade of Action for Nutrition 2016-2025. This presentation was part of Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets"

1. Livestock Production and Climate Change:
towards sustainable production
with smaller environmental footprint:
Paulo César de Faccio Carvalho
The PISA System in Brazil

2. Public-private initiative
led by the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture
“A sustainable intensification production
model oriented to increase food production at
farm and landscape levels based on
sustainability pillars”
GOOD FARMING PRACTICES

3. P
I
S
A
Production
Integrated
Systems
Agriculture
✓one shaping principle:
the interdependence between healthy
diets and the social and environmental
sustainability of the food system
Nutrition Livestock Production

4. Farmers apply
voluntarily
Universities are responsible
for proposed technologies
management
interventions
implemented
3 years
project
Local RAS
(local empowerment)
Donors
Private
consultants
(extension
services)

5. ~1050 small stakeholders
~30 municipalities
small dairy farmers
14 lactating cows
~150 litres total daily milk production
Challenges: dependence on external inputs,
low income, labour intensive, environmental
footprint, ageing farmer population, industry
demands for scale.
Southern
Brazil

6. Crop succession
planning
Sound grazing
management Soil health
Targeted
interventions/
technologies
Diminished costs
Enhanced quality of life
No till Reduced labour
Strategy:
use locally
available
resources
Holistic
approach
Farm finance
management
Resource use
efficiency

7. The social impact on those communities is simply huge!
*end of 1st year
Milk yield per cow incresases by 30%
Reduces feeding by 20%*
Amount of milk produced per unit feeding concentrate
increases from 1.9 to 4.2 kg
Number of lactating cows increases from ~14 to 19*
Annual milk yield increases from 4,800 to 11,250 kg.ha-1
IMPACT
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8. Before PISA After PISA Range
Somatic cell
counts - cfu/mL
250.000 20.000 - 88 %
Total bacteria
counts - cfu/mL
650.000 200.000 - 70 %
Towards healthy diets…
Milk from grazing-based production systems has less saturated
and more n-3 PUFA and CLAc9t11 which is beneficial for health.
The occurrence of natural trans FA (t11) in milk predominates
whereas intensive feeding practices enhance t10-FA, with possible
negative health effects (Elgersma, A. 2015. Eur. J. Lip. Sci. Tech).

9. Each Us$ 1.00
invested on
PISA
Generates
~Us$ 6.00 in income
How much? Means
~Us$ 1,500 / smallholder / year
(6 private meetings + 6 group meetings)

10. International reference for assessing
trade-offs and synergies between all
dimensions of sustainability
494 farms already assessed
Sustainability
Assessment of Food
and Agriculture
systems (SAFA)

11. Improve sustainable livestock production
for small farmers will increase their
income as well as the nutritional quality
of their (and consumers) diets
Integrated Crop-
Livestock Systems
Research Group
Take-away message
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Ministério da
Agricultura, Pecuária
e Abastecimento