Cost/benefit analysis of agroforestry systems: a case study.

Results of a research on the macroeconomic dynamics of the Amazon region, in the eighties, that turned unfeasible the traditional agricultural extensive system, which remained so far, and started to demand constant increase in productivity, from the sector, as well as price reduction and better quality of products, without loss of preservation and conservation of the ecosystem. Based on this premise this study was directed to the analysis of the agroforestry production system experiments, carried out by a partnership research with the SHIFT-project, in areas of the Embrapa Amazonia Ocidental (Manaus-AM), with the objective of determining alternatives that could contribute to sustainable development for the Amazon region. The analysis of these systems, among others, indicated that results of the research may contribute to the sustainability of the region environment, mainly in comparison with the existent traditional systems