EXAMPLE OF NATURALSUCCESSION IN AGRICULTURE:

IN THE PHOTO ON THE LEFT, THE EGGPLANT

DOMINATES THE SCENE. A SHORT TIME BEFORE,IN THE SAME AREA,
THE CORN STOOD OUT AND WAS ALREADY HARVESTED.
UNDERNEATH THE EGGPLANT ( PHOTOS ON THE RIGHT)
WE SEE THE NEXT PLANTS OF THE SUCCESSION:
CASSAVA, BANANA, AND EUCALYPTUS.
THE FOLLOWING CONSORTIA WERE PLANTED WITH SEEDS OR
SEEDLINGS, AMONG THEM CI TRUS,MAHOGANY, MANGO, AVOCADO,
AÇAI,CACAO,ETC.EACH SPECIES OF EACH CONSORTIUM
WILLFI
TI N TI
ME AND SPACE THROUGHOUT THE NATURALSUCCESSI ON,
I NCREASE OF RESOURCES.
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NATURALSUCCESSION IS A CONCEPT GENERALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ECOLOGY AND IN FACT,BEFORE THE EMERGENCE OF AGRI CULTURE,NO HUMAN ACTION HAD I
NDUCED SUCH
ENVIRONMENTALCHANGES. I N THE FI
RST CENTURIES OF AGRI CE,
CULTURALPRACTI FALLOW
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VES LITTLE ATTENTI
ON FROM AGRICULTURE.ALTHOUGH THERE IS A
ME (
TI WHEN THE LAND WAS LEFT UNCULTIVATED TO "
REST" )WAS 50YEARS,BUT THIS INTERVAL
CONSENSUS THAT AGRICULTURALPRACTICE I
S A FORM OF APPLIED ECOLOGY,THE
DECLI
NED AS POPULATI
ON I
NCREASED UNTI
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NANCE OF ANNUALAND BI
ANNUAL
CONCEPTUALFRAMEWORK GUI
DING AGRONOMI
C RESEARCH REMAI
NS MOSTLY
ON ON A GLOBALSCALE.
CROPS ACCELERATED LAND DEGRADATI
C OF MONOCULTURE,
GOVERNED BY THE LOGI FAR DI
STANT FROM THE NATURAL
PROCESSES OF AN ECOSYSTEM.
IN GENERAL, NATURALENVIRONMENTS DID NOT HAVE TO DEALWI
TH FREQUENT
VEGETATION LOSSES BEFORE HUMAN I ON,
NTERVENTI WHETHER ASSOCIATED WI
TH SOI
L
AFTER DISTURBANCES -SUCH AS OPENING A CLEARING -ECOSYSTEMS RESTORE
DISTURBANCES OR NOT.
THEI
R FUNCTI
ONALI
TY AND FERTI
LITY THROUGH SUCCESSI
ONALPROCESSES DRI
VEN
ES.
BY A VAST NUMBER OF SPECI I
N PLANTATI -
ONS OF ANNUALAND BI ANNUAL
ES SUCH AS CORN,
SPECI SOYBEANS AND ALSO I ON OF VEGETABLES,
N THE PRODUCTI
THE SI
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S THAT OF CONSTANT DI
STURBANCES WI
TH PHYSI
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NTERVENTI
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NG OF THE SOI EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO
SOI STURBANCE,
LDI N NO-
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STHEP
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THE ECOSYSTEM TO REMAI ON.
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ARE THE LEADI
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PREVIOUS CYCLE. GIVEN THE INEVITABILITY OF THIS TREND,ERNST GÖTSCH UNDERSTANDS THAT NATURAL

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ABUNDANCE MAINTAIN DIRECT RELATIONS WITH THE WAY ERNSTGÖTSCH DISTINGUISHES THE MOMENTS
SUCCESSI S A KEY-
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THEREFORE,THE REPETITION OF SHORT-CYCLE CROPS OR PERENNIALMONODOMI NANT PLANTATIONS LEADS

THE ECOSYSTEM TO DEGRADATIVE AND ENTROPIC PROCESSES,DESPITE I
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ALSO PLAY THE ROLE OF
NG SPONTANEOUS HERBS.
PLOWING AND HARROWING ARE TYPICALSTAGES
NG AN AREA,
OF PREPARI WHICH CONSISTS OF BY SUPPRESSING THIS STEP,THIS SUPPOSED BENEFIT IS ALSO LOST.
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TH THE PRI BECAUSE OF THIS,NO-TILLAGE FINDS OPPONENTS WHO
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ARGUE THAT THI
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FOR THE WI
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HOWEVER,THE LOSSES ASSOCIATED WITH THIS PRACTICE MODI
FIED SEEDS.
ARE MANY: EROSION, LOSS OF ORGANIC MATTER,COMPACTI ON
L,
OF DEEPER LAYERS OF SOI THE DEATH OF MICRO AND
MESOFAUNA OF THE SOI L,DEGRADATI TS AGGREGATES,
ON OF I ETC.
THE FACT THAT THERE IS A BROAD SPECTRUM OF NO-
TILLAGE
MODELS RANGI STURBANCE,
NG FROM THE ZERO DI THROUGH THE

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ON TECHNI
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NG THE PREPARATI OF " STURBANCE"
ADEQUATE DI .
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THE SOWI
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N FURROWS ON THE VEGETABLE REMAI ANYWAY,THIS DISPUTE DOES NOT FIND RESONANCE
OUS CROP.
OF THE PREVI THE BENEFITS WOULD PRIMARILY BE TO WITHI
N THE PERSPECTIVE OF SYNTROPICF ARMI NG BECAUSE
ON,
REDUCE THE EFFECTS OF EROSI I NG
NCREASE WATER HOLDI THE PREPARATION OF THE SOILONLY HAPPENS ONCE AND,
TY,
CAPACI ON,
REDUCE COMPACTI AND REDUCE COSTS AS THE NATURALSUCCESSI ON ORIENTS THE PLANTING,
L-FUEL- ON.
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DI
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