La extensión rural y el uso de alternativas nutricionales orgánicas en el cultivo de cacao (Theobroma cacao L.) como herramienta de desarrollo en el municipio de Saravena, departamento de Arauca.

Abstract

In Saravena, processes of comprehensive technical assistance, technology transfer, updating and recommendation in the agronomic management of the cocoa crop are being carried out by different entities that are committed to the productivity of this sector, when diagnosing the crops and surveying the producer. It is evident that the use of organic nutritional alternatives is low, since the fertilization processes are done chemically, which is why the project was created to empower cocoa farmers through extension tools and with the help of professionals trained to provide nutritional alternatives. for their crops through the extension and rural development system offered by the Mayor's Office of the municipality of Saravena, Department of Arauca. Why promote rural extension as a method of knowledge transfer? The National Government through the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in article 24 law 1876 of 2017 contemplates supporting agricultural extension as a public, permanent and decentralized good and service; that includes comprehensive support actions aimed at diagnosing, recommending, updating, training, transferring, assisting, empowering, and generating skills in agricultural producers so that they incorporate into their productive activity practices, technological products, technologies, knowledge, and behaviors that benefit their performance and improve their competitiveness and sustainability, as well as their contribution to food security and their development as an integral human being. This project contemplates the work carried out in rural extension using individual and group educommunicative methodologies with 20 beneficiaries of the municipality, with which excellent results have been obtained in the use of organic nutritional alternatives in order to reduce the environmental impact and the costs of production. In conclusion, producers need rural extension programs that contribute to productivity and knowledge standards, which is why it is recommended that there be more involvement of professionals in extension fields.