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Sustainability Strategies for Strengthening Agricultural Systems in Quimiag Parish, Riobamba Canton

  • M. Moscoso Gómez,
  • M. Arévalo Lara,
  • D. Loroña Alarcón,
  • D. Campoverde Santos

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18502/espoch.v1i5.9581
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 1, no. 5
pp. 1400 – 1412

Abstract

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Abstract The Quimiag parish in Riobamba canton is purely agricultural. For this reason, this study aimed to develop sustainability strategies to strengthen its agricultural systems. 24 communities were involved in the research and 312 Agricultural Productive Units (UPAs) were surveyed. Basic information was collected and then a proposal was developed using the logical framework matrix methodology and focusing on 3 sustainability components: social, productive and economical. In terms of the social component, it was observed that producers were on average 46 years old and 65% of producers had a primary education. In terms of the production component, we found that maize, beans and potato are the main agricultural products, while dairy cattle, cuyes and pigs are the main livestock in the area. Capacity building, production technology, production credit management and the generation of partnerships with state institutions and private companies are the main sustainability strategies proposed for the Quimiag parish, and adopting these would lead to improvements in profitability rates.

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