Comparación del costo económico generado por la incidencia de plagas en el cultivo de palma africana en las parroquias san Roque y Enokanqui en el año 2016.

Abstract

The main objective of the research was to compare the economic cost generated by the incidence of pests in African palm cultivation in the parroquias of San Roque and Enokanqui in the year 2016. It used the non-experimental quantitative method through a parametric test "t of student for independent samples "with a level of significance of 5%. The Information was collected from 78 African palm producers on 979.09 hectares (Ha) in the Parroquia of San Roque and 43 producers in 725, 18 Ha of the Parroquia Enokanqui; giving an average density of 143 plants per Ha. On the other hand, in the case of wilting, obtained an average economic cost of $ 4.80 per ton of African palm, while for Enokanqui $ 15.49 per ton of harvested African palm. For Parroquia San Roque obtained an average of the economic cost of $ 6.42 per ton of fruit of the African palm in respect of bud rot; while for the Enokanqui sector obtained an average economic cost of $1, 25 per ton of harvested plants. With the results analyzed, it is concluded that for the wilt pest between the two localities, there are no significant differences between the producers, that is to say that the economic cost of the incidence of the pest causes producers to have the same impact on the economic cost. To the contrary for the bud rot pest, there were significant differences for the economic cost generated by the pest among the small producers of African palm. It is recommended that a statistical model must be generated through data collection monthly.