The Bacaeri-BoiTeca System is an ILPF (Integrated Crop-Livestock-Forestry) production model that integrates teak ( Tectona grandis ) as a supplementary income source , while maintaining livestock farming as the main component of the system. The focus is on sustainable intensification , expanding teak cultivation in beef cattle farming areas without replacing monoculture pastures with planted forests .

Teak trees, when planted in the appropriate arrangement and managed correctly (with periodic pruning), exert minimal interference on livestock productivity , but provide ecosystem services and an additional income component for the integrated system. The recommended forages for the system are Urochloa brizantha (cv. Marandu and cv. Piatã ), and the livestock preferably uses Nelore cattle .

The planting arrangement of teak trees can be done in single or double rows (arranged in an equilateral triangle), integrated with the forage. The number of trees planted is equivalent to the number of trees at the end of the cycle (clear-cut). After planting the teak, the pasture is fenced off and can remain fallow , be used for silage or hay production , or be renewed by conventional methods or through integration with grain crops until the third year, if the area is in an advanced stage of degradation, according to the practices recommended by the system.

The introduction of young animals (weighing up to approximately 220 kg) occurs between 10 and 18 months after tree planting , when most plants reach about 3 meters in height and 3 to 4 cm in DBH (diameter at breast height). The pasture area occupied by the trees is less than 5% of the total area, and the system focuses on higher value-added timber products , which require the use of superior genetic material (clones) and rigorous management in tree cultivation.

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