Cocoa found to cut livestock farming emissions

A study by non-profit organization Imaflora shows that cattle raising in the Amazon, combined with the cultivation of cocoa trees, native to the region, can reduce in 66% the impact of the activity in the environment. Cattle raising is the main vector of greenhouse gas emissions by agricultural activity in biome. The study was carried out with small properties supported by the Florestas de Valor project in São Félix do Xingu, in Pará. The municipality is notorious for negative superlatives: largest Brazilian municipality, with an area equivalent to two times of...

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