Anuário Brasileiro do Arroz 2011 - Unemat

mist, the practice is already present
in municipalities like Sinop, Itaúba,
Alta Floresta, Matupá, São José do Rio
Claro, Paranatinga, Querência, Confresa
and Tangará da Serra.
EXTRA INCOME In Itaúba (MT),
600 kilometers away from the capital
city, rice fields are part of the scenery
at Fazenda Recreio. Since 2005, when
he started renewing the pasturelands
through a cycle system, owner Cássio
Martins has already recovered 900 hectares
of pasturelands. Through the activ-
ity he manages to renew these lands
and derive extra income from the farm.
According to data released by
Mairson Santana, agronomic engineer
with Agro Norte, in 1997, for
example, the farm was home to 800
head of cattle. In 2010, this number
had risen to 1,500 head. Likewise,
the useful area also soared from 400
hectares to 1,297 hectares over the
same period. In addition, now the
owner shells out the cost he would
pay for a conventional pastureland
area recovery process and derives
profits from rice sales.
The introduction of this practice
does not only bring benefits to cattle
farmers. The State of Mato Grosso
and also Brazil can take advantage
of the chance to add new alternatives
for the development of the countryside.
According to Santana, there is
reason enough for the Country to be
viewed as a global granary. Research
works and innovations in the area of
rice farming demonstrate that institutions
and producers, together, are
making things happen.
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