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<blockquote data-quote="Oldvatr" data-source="post: 1930419" data-attributes="member: 196898"><p>From the same source</p><p><a href="https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon/land-use-and-agriculture/biofuels" target="_blank">https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon/land-use-and-agriculture/biofuels</a></p><p></p><p>One of the problems with biofuel cultivation they are finding is that intensive agribusiness methods are stripping the land of nutrients so that as the yield drops, the firms look for fresh pastures, and the deforestation continues. The land used is then only suitable for cattle grazing or scrubland. This is what they are finding in Indonesia too. Also, the Amazon land is not that good for arable cultivation in the first place, and so they grow soybean as a feedstock for animal support. It is arguable if the land would be better growing vegetable or grain crops instead, but it does not seem to be viable in any useful or commercial way, which is why cattle farming has taken over the raped landscape. Replacing animals with vegetables will not stop deforestation since the land is needed for both, At least cattle pasture does not need crop rotation and fallow land for its management, and also does not need the petrochemical fertilisers that sustain modern arable farming.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oldvatr, post: 1930419, member: 196898"] From the same source [URL]https://globalforestatlas.yale.edu/amazon/land-use-and-agriculture/biofuels[/URL] One of the problems with biofuel cultivation they are finding is that intensive agribusiness methods are stripping the land of nutrients so that as the yield drops, the firms look for fresh pastures, and the deforestation continues. The land used is then only suitable for cattle grazing or scrubland. This is what they are finding in Indonesia too. Also, the Amazon land is not that good for arable cultivation in the first place, and so they grow soybean as a feedstock for animal support. It is arguable if the land would be better growing vegetable or grain crops instead, but it does not seem to be viable in any useful or commercial way, which is why cattle farming has taken over the raped landscape. Replacing animals with vegetables will not stop deforestation since the land is needed for both, At least cattle pasture does not need crop rotation and fallow land for its management, and also does not need the petrochemical fertilisers that sustain modern arable farming. [/QUOTE]
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