The Precocity, Productivity and Sustainability System (PPS System) is an integrated system that combines crop-livestock integration (ICL) and livestock-forestry integration (ILF) strategies in a pasture-based Nelore cattle rotation system for breeding, rearing, and finishing, according to animal category, in order to achieve better results in terms of weight gain, growth, reproductive performance, and health. The PPS System provides recommendations for rotating animals on the farm throughout the year, with the aim of obtaining the advantages of ICL, such as higher weight gain when this characteristic is desired, and of systems with trees, such as better health, sexual precocity, and lower heat stress at specific times. The system also includes recommendations for sanitary management. This production system is based on the results of more than 15 years of research by Embrapa Agrossilvopastoral on integrated crop-livestock production systems and other scientific works. It is recommended for breeding, rearing, and finishing farms with Nelore animals in Central Brazil and the Northern Region.

This technological solution was developed by Embrapa in partnership with other institution(s).