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IV) Sustainable livestock management: as in item III and other management practices listed here, these interventions should be implemented under an integrated strategy. The BPs presented have general impacts on reduction of erosion processes linked to cattle trample, enhancing the livestock scaling according to the carrying capacity, lower livestock mortality in severe droughts, promoting food security.

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  Electric fences, 9 lines fences (in IRNM systems the use of eletric fences or 9 line fences avoids grazing activities in unsuitable areas, etc);
  
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  Voisin (pasture management with rotation of fields, enabling long fallow periods);
  
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  Ecological thinning and lowering (an SFM technique that can be employed to optimized the pasture areas under integrated sustainable system for multiple uses);
  
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  Improvement of native livestock (adapted to dry conditions);
  
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  Silage for dry periods and severe droughts;
  
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  Cactus management (palma) for dry periods and droughts (management applied all year long in consortium with native forest and crops to guarantee livestock food security).