Challenges for the future of the crop-livestock-forest integration in Brazil.

The sustainable intensification of production systems will play a prominent role in the future agenda of public research and development institutions. Brazil has made substantial progress over the past few years in the use of sustainable technologies and systems integration. In the last 30 years, the country has developed a sustainable production model that integrates agricultural, livestock, and forestry production in the same area. The Integrated Crops-Livestock-Forestry (ICLF), already occupies approximately 17 million hectares throughout the national territory and has been expanding. Research data show that it is possible to produce, sustainably and competitively, grains, pasture, wood, and meat in the same area. Thus, the ABC Plan and its second phase, the ABC + Plan, aims to continue strengthening strategic actions in sustainable technological solutions for production in the field and improving the income of rural producers, with a focus on facing agriculture and livestock changes of the climate, mainly in the implantation of ILPF