Silvopastoral arrangements and tree species diversity on dairy farms of Monción, Dominican Republic

Authors

  • Pedro Antonio Núñez Ramos Docente e investigador, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias, Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, República Dominicana. pnunez25@uasd.edu.do https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7580-7931
  • Ramiro de Jesús Espinal Cepeda Escuela de Ingeniería Agronómica, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. ramiroespinal84@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6471-7508
  • Aurelio Nicolás Peralta Jiménez Escuela de Ingeniería Agronómica, Facultad de Ciencias Agronómicas y Veterinarias. Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo, República Dominicana. faurelio114@gmail.com
  • Carolina Guatusmal Gelpud Maestría en Agroforestería y Agricultura Sostenible Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica. carolina.guatusmal@catie.ac.cr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2304-7720
  • Jairo Antonio Durán Núñez Maestría en Agroforestería y Agricultura Sostenible Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica. jairo.duran@catie.ac.cr https://orcid.org/0009-0002-9871-947X
  • Guillerno Detlefsen Docente, Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza, Costa Rica. gdetlef@catie.ac.cr https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0519-8605
  • Víctor Camilo Pulido-Blanco Investigador máster, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria, Maestría en Agroforestería y Agricultura Sostenible Centro Agronómico Tropical de Investigación y Enseñanza; Maestría en Ciencias Biológicas Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Colombia. vpulido@agrosavia.co https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1217-6877

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53287/yhec7690fk56a

Keywords:

Silvopastoral systems, livestock, dasometric variables, tree cover

Abstract

Traditional livestock systems of the Northwest of the Dominican Republic require a transformation towards sustainable productive alternatives such as silvopastoral systems (SPS), which result from the combination and interaction of trees-animals-grass. Therefore, the study was carried out with the objective of studying the diversity of silvopastoral arrangements and their tree species in dairy production systems of the municipality of Monción, Santiago Rodríguez, Dominican Republic, for the promotion of these systems as a sustainable alternative to the climate change. The silvopastoral arrangements and their tree species were studied through direct inspection and application of semi-structured interviews to selected livestock producers from Monción. Dasometric variables were measured (e.g.: chest diameter or CD, total height) and descriptive statistics were applied. It was evident that the most predominant SPS was scattered trees (87 %), followed by windbreaks (23 %) and trees on boundaries (20 %). The least frequent arrangements were living fences (13 %), riparian forests (7 %) and forest patches (7 %). 26 tree species were recorded, the four being dominant: Prosopis juliflora (21 %), Pinus occidentalis (17 %), Mangifera indica (10 %) and Swietenia mahagoni (9 %). The species Acacia skleroxyla obtained the highest height with 8.62 m and M. indica stood out with the highest DBH with 54.85 cm. It is recommended that Monción ranchers expand the tree coverage of their farms with the replanting and management of species such as Gliricidia. sepium, P. juliflora and Guazuma ulmifolia, in order to enrich the forage alternatives for their livestock.

Downloads

Download data is not yet available.

Published

2024-04-29

How to Cite

Núñez Ramos, P. A., Espinal Cepeda, R. de J., Peralta Jiménez, A. N., Guatusmal Gelpud, C., Durán Núñez, J. A., Detlefsen, G., & Pulido-Blanco, V. C. (2024). Silvopastoral arrangements and tree species diversity on dairy farms of Monción, Dominican Republic. Revista De Investigación E Innovación Agropecuaria Y De Recursos Naturales, 11(1), 89–97. https://doi.org/10.53287/yhec7690fk56a

Issue

Section

ESTUDIOS DE CASO

Most read articles by the same author(s)

1 2 > >>