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III) Sustainable agriculture management: focused on cultivation of crops in properties <100ha, the best practices presented here have a high linearity with agroecology systems. These BPs should be implemented under an integrated management system crop-livestock-forest, in order to promote higher productivity on land already cleared, less need for clearing, lower use of chemicals, less pollution of soil and water, less production costs, more income, better health.

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  Zero tillage (plantio direto) (reduce production costs, decrease the machinery needs for soil preparation, avoiding degradation processes);
  
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  Fallow system (improve soil organic matter, promote nitrogen fixation);
  
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  Mulching (improve soil organic matter, promote nitrogen fixation);
  
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  Organic fertilizers;
  
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  Biological control of pests;
  
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  Intercropping;
  
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  Productive Backyards/Peridomiciliary agroforestry (quintais produtivos) (improve food and energetic security of family farmers, women empowerment, improve family health);
  
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  Agrobiodiversity seed banks.
  
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