Acompañamiento técnico a los agricultores en el manejo fitosanitario del cultivo de cacao del municipio de Tame Arauca.

Abstract

This project was carried out in the department of Arauca, municipality of Tame, to 10 farmers from 5 villages; among them (Tamacay, Cravo Corozo, Cravo Totumo, Bajo Cusay I, Bajo Cusay II), with the aim of raising awareness of the importance of controls and monitoring of phytosanitary problems that occur in cocoa cultivation. A characterization was carried out to see in what conditions the farm and the crop to work (cocoa) are found, the importance of self-care was also socialized to the farmers, especially with the Protocol of Biosafety of Agricultural Inputs depending on their degree of toxicity, likewise the importance of the certification of Good Agricultural Practices; A thorough investigation was carried out in each farmer, which allowed us to understand a little more about the problems or needs that were presented in each of the farms; On the other hand, monitoring was carried out in the lot where field data were taken to tabulate in an Excel and determine the incidence of the disease in the crop, in total 5 monitoring per farm was taken every 15 days; According to the results obtained from the survey, 100% of the farmers were affected by the heavy rains that occurred in the department of Arauca, and the high prices of fertilizers and other agricultural inputs, they are recommended to re-implement the organic fertilizers to minimize the economic costs of fertilizers.