Evaluación de la sustentabilidad del proyecto de mejoramiento ovino en la comunidad Santa Rosa de Tzetzeñag, parroquia Licto, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

In the Community "Santa Rosa de Tzetzefiag", belonging to the Parish of Licto, province of Chimborazo, the Project for genetic improvement ovine for producing families was evaluated, executed by the Gobiemo Autonomo Descentralizado of the Province of Chimborazo, in the year 2013, which would serve as a financial aid to cover urgent economic and social needs. 51 Ovines Productive Units were evaluated, which were subjected to descriptive statistics analysis. After analyzing the social component, it was determined that the people responsible for the Productive Units had an average age of 50 years, their family nucleus being between 1 and 8 members. The analysis of the productive component determined that the highest production is the agriculture and in the livestock component it was found that 68.63% of the inhabitants have 1 to 2 sheep, where it is recorded that this species did not affect the sustainability of the community, In the economic-financial component, it was determined that 84.3% of the economic income obtained are from the social assistance granted by the government. As regards production, it is observed that there is no income in the livestock sector, much less the sheep Corriedale, presenting a 49% of beneficiaries with a benefit/cost of 1,10 and only 3.9% present higher tan 1,60. For this reason, continuous training should be carried out by the producers, which will be used to train new community leaders to provide support to the rest of the producers.

Keywords: GENETIC IMPROVEMENT – OVINE - PRODUCTIVE UNITS