Evaluación de las prácticas de manejo agroecológico para la recuperación de suelos degradados en San Miguel de Quera – Cacha.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to evaluate agroecological management practices for the recovery of degraded soils in San Miguel de Quera - Cacha. The evaluation of the agroecological practices was qualitative, exploratory-descriptive, where an intentional non-probabilistic sampling was carried out, with this, the farms to be studied were chosen, this was done through InSitu visits, where through semi-structured interviews to the owners of the farms, different agroecological practices were learned that are applied to recover degraded soils, where the agroecological principles proposed by Altieri were identified, likewise compaction data was taken on the farms in a zigzag pattern for 15 repetitions, likewise using the zigzag technique, it was proceeded to take simple soil samples from the different farms and have a composite sample from each farm and the respective physical-chemical analyzes were carried out in the laboratory. Finally, it was made test pits on the farms to know their horizons. The practices that are carried out in these farms are organic fertilizers, green manures, minimum tillage, crop association, crop rotation, terraces, live fences, in turn it was known through the physical-chemical analyzes that farm 4 is in unfavorable conditions to cultivate since this farm is in the upper part and here there is runoff in winter times. It is concluded that the agroecological practices evaluated comply with the agroecological principles, in addition to the application of agroecological practices, degraded soils are recovered. It is recommended to carry out analyzes every year on the farms to find out if the degraded soils are in better condition.