Estudio de la agrobiodiversidad de la comunidad Tunshi, parroquia Licto, cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The present research was carried out in Tunshi community, Licto Parish where there are forgotten and underused plant species, there is little interest in their research and they are not taken into account for their use, commercialization and diffusion of these. The following research aims to make known the agricultural diversity that this community has and with it to know the importance that these species have for human beings, therefore the objective of this study was to know their agrobiodiversity, for this, the plant species in the area were collected, their uses were characterized and the state of their diversity was evaluated. The methodology used was applied and experimental type using bibliographic and field review techniques at an exploratory, descriptive and analytical level, to collect information on ethnobotanical use, interviews were conducted with the community members of the communities studied, determining 59 agricultural species and 11 domestic fauna species, from the first, 22% are medicinal species, 8% are native species and 2% are tubers; of these inventoried species, 45% are for medicinal use, 19% for sale, and only 3% are for traditional uses. When evaluating the state of agrobiodiversity, Simpson indicates that the value of 0.084 belongs to the community of Tunshi Grande, being the one with the greatest diversity of agro-food species, unlike Tunshi San Javier with 0.14 and Tunshi San Nicolas with 0.18; these being the ones with the least diversity of species; Furthermore, according to Margalef, Tunshi Grande has an index of 6.05, this being the one that has a high diversity of agro-food species, unlike Tunshi San Javier with 3.69 and Tunshi San Nicolas with 3.97, being these communities which have a medium agricultural diversity.