Agricultural productive evaluation of four sectors from Pastaza province in the Ecuadorian Amazonia
Main Article Content
Abstract
intervention through indiscriminately cutting trees, introducing
low-quality pastures to livestock and developing an extremely
rudimentary agricultural activity. Consequently, indigenous
tree species have been lost in the region and soils are affected
by a wrong agronomic management. From February to July,
2007, in collaboration with the Amazonian State University, a
diagnosis was performed on the agricultural productive
situation of Pastaza province in the Ecuadorian Amazonia,
including the observation and evaluation of soil and climatic
situation, soil characterization and exchange of opinions with
the indigenous communities dwelling in this area, with the
objective of drawing up strategies to introduce and increase
both species in danger of extinction and plant-producing
techniques of agriculture and forest significance, as well as
soil preservation and recovery. The diagnosis concluded there
was an arbitrary rate of forest exploitation using inappropriate
forest techniques, so that valuable forest species are lost;
there are not any reforestation nurseries, livestock is rather
primitive and soil quality is damaged, agricultural crop yields
are very low because of acid soils with low fertility, great
amount of heavy metals and a high percentage of bad quality
organic matter leading to erosive processes in the region.
Article Details
Those authors who have publications with this journal accept the following terms of the License Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0):
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
The licensor cannot revoke these freedoms as long as you follow the license terms.
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
- NonCommercial — You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
The journal is not responsible for the opinions and concepts expressed in the works, they are the sole responsibility of the authors. The Editor, with the assistance of the Editorial Committee, reserves the right to suggest or request advisable or necessary modifications. They are accepted to publish original scientific papers, research results of interest that have not been published or sent to another journal for the same purpose.
The mention of trademarks of equipment, instruments or specific materials is for identification purposes, and there is no promotional commitment in relation to them, neither by the authors nor by the publisher.